JAKARTA (Reuters) - A rare "Tiger Sumatra" tiger killed a villager and wounded another in two separate incidents in Indonesia's South Sumatra province, an Indonesian official said.

The 57-year-old villager was cutting down trees at a coffee plantation in Lahat district on Sunday when the deadly attack occurred, said Jinman Hasibwan, head of the state-run Nature Protection Agency in the province.

The day before, the hungry tiger also attacked and wounded a man who was camping near the area, the official said.

Add: "We think it was the same tiger, because the two incidents occurred in the same area."

It is noteworthy that the "Sumatra Pepper" is the only remaining type of tigers in Indonesia after the extinction of the mainland Bali and Java land years ago.

Only about 400 left in the wild, and the number of these tigers in Sumatra is dwindling due to overfishing and the loss of natural habitats caused by rapid deforestation in favor of palm oil plantations, according to conservationists.