The island nation of Timor-Leste, sometimes anglicized as East Timor, comprises half of the island of Timor in the Indonesian archipelago. Unlike the other half of the island, it is not a part of the Republic of Indonesia but is instead an independent country that was formerly a Portuguese colony to one degree or another for nearly 500 years. Nepal announced tiger numbers are up within the country's borders. Across Asia, there are as many as 5,500 tigers, a 40 percent jump from a 2015 assessment. Getty Images. Animal lovers protest tiger killings in 2018; some argue there are too few left in the wild to justify even a man-eater being killed (Credit: Getty Images) Banait believes that The Sumatran tiger is a subspecies of tiger native to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It's the smallest of the tigers, possibly because it evolved on an isolated island habitat. The The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are home to marvelous creatures like the proboscis monkey, sun bear, clouded leopard, and flying fox bat, and endangered animals like the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhino, and Bornean elephant. There are more than 15,000 known plants here, with many more species yet to be discovered. The last of the Sunda island tigers are holding on for survival in the remaining patches of forest on the island of Sumatra. Accelerating deforestation and rampant poaching mean this noble creature could end up extinct like its Javan and Balinese counterparts. In Indonesia, anyone caught hunting tigers could face jail time and steep fines. MbGXxv.

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