VI. Range:

Preferred habitat is forest although they can also be found in grassland and swamp margins. They require sufficient cover, a good population of large prey and a constant water supply. The tiger's current distribution is a patchwork across Asia, from India to the Russian Far East. Tigers require large areas with forest cover, water, and suitable large ungulate prey such as deer and swine. With these three essentials, tigers can live from the tropical rainforests of Sumatra and Indochina to the temperate oak forest of the Amur River Valley in the Russian Far East.
Historically, tigers were widespread across Asia, from Turkey eastward. They have been extirpated from most of their former range, and remaining populations are highly fragmented within Southeast Asia. There were 9 subspecies of tiger: the Siberian, Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, South China, Sumatran, Bali, Java, and Caspian tigers, but of these the Caspian, Bali and Javan tigers are extinct. And those remaining sic are quickly becoming extinct due to the hunger for tiger parts in Asia as well as habitat loss. There are about 400 Siberian tigers left in Russia and northern China. There are 500 tigers in Malaysia, 500 in Myanmar, less than 50 in southern China, 500 in Sumatra, less than 200 in Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Bhutan and Bangladesh, and between 2,000-3,000 in India and Nepal.
They tend to inhabit areas close to water with adequate cover. Habitats vary, and can include savannas, mangrove, and temperate, coniferous and tropical rainforests.