The Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica) is an extinct tiger subspecies that was endemic to the Indonesian island of Bali. The last reported sighting of a Bali tiger was in 1937.
The Bali tiger was first described by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1844. It was different from other tiger subspecies in that its fur was paler and its stripes were narrower. The Bali tiger was also smaller than other tigers, measuring around 1.2 metres (3.9 ft) in length …