Tigers received official protection in 1976, when they numbered a mere 300.
Malayan tigers hunt most wild mammals including the sun bear that is also critically endangered.
The 1982 Citizenship Law too denied them citizenship.
The was first founded in 1771, established by the Sultanate Syarif Abdurrahman Al-Qadrie during his voyage.
With a preference for locations near water, they are generally considered to be quite lethargic creatures.
Once so common that complaints existed of them trampling people's gardens, Sumatran rhinoceroses are likely to become extinct in Malaysia.