The Bali Tiger (Panthera tigris balica) is an extinct subspecies of tiger that was endemic to the Indonesian island of Bali. It is one of the three subspecies of tigers that have become extinct in the past 100 years, the others being the Caspian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) and the Javan Tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica).
The Bali Tiger was first described by Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1844. It was characterised by its small size, and was the smallest …