The Sumatran tiger is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is the smallest of the five remaining tiger subspecies. A large male Sumatran often weighs only 200 to 220 pounds, less than half as much as a large, male Siberian tiger. All the white tigers in captivity spring from a single cat captured in central India in 1952. There are no known white tigers now in the wild.
All white tigers are Bengal tigers.
Many people believe that the tiger, because of his size, color and charisma, is the most exciting large mammal on earth. In spite, or because of that appeal, the worldwide count of tigers in the wild decreased from more than 100,000 to approximately 5,000 - 7,000 during the past century. The population trend continues downward despite dedicated conservation efforts.