Tigers live in a variety of habitats across Asia, including forests, grasslands, rainforests, savannas, mangrove swamps, and even snowy regions. Their range extends from the Russian Far East and northeast China to parts of North Korea, India, Southeast Asia, and the Indonesian island of Sumatra
. More specifically:
- Bengal tigers are found in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, and Myanmar, mainly in tropical and subtropical forests and grasslands
- Amur (Siberian) tigers inhabit the cold, dense birch and temperate forests of eastern Russia and northeast China, adapted to harsh winters
- Indochinese tigers live in tropical and subtropical rainforests and grasslands in Southeast Asia, including Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar
- Malayan tigers reside in the tropical forests of Malaysia
- Sunda tigers are found only on Sumatra island, in coastal lowland and mountainous forests
Overall, tigers occupy less than 7% of their historical range due to habitat loss and human activity. The largest tiger habitats today are in India and Russia, with smaller populations in countries such as Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam
. In summary, tigers live in diverse ecosystems across 13 Asian countries, favoring forested areas but also inhabiting grasslands, swamps, and mountainous regions depending on the subspecies and location
