Tigers are the biggest cats in the world.
They live in steamy hot jungles as well as icy cold forests. There are five different kinds or subspecies of tiger alive in the world today. These tigers are called Siberian , South China , Indochinese , Bengal , and Sumatran . Their Latin name is Panthera tigris . Three tiger subspecies, the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.