China Bali tiger P.t. It has distinctive primitive skull morphology, including a shortened cranial region and close-set, more forward facing eye sockets. Stripe patterns differ among individual tigers and from one side of the cat s body to the other. The stripes vary in number, as well as width and propensity to split and run to spots. The dark lines above the eyes tend to be symmetrical, but the marks on the sides of the face can be different.
Males have a prominent ruff, which is especially marked in the Sumatran tiger.