Tigers are large carnivorous mammals that are part of the cat family. They are found primarily in Asia and are characterized by their orange fur with black stripes. There are several subspecies of tigers, including the Bengal tiger, Bali tiger, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tiger, and Sumatran tiger. Tigers are threatened by habitat loss and poaching by humans.
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2. ï‚ž Tigers are mammals. Their fur is mostly orange
with black strips . Tigers are a part of the cat
family. They’re the strongest cat member and
stronger than lions, because they weigh more.
3. ï‚ž They live in Asia, India and Russia. They can
eat up to 40 pounds a day. Also they can go
without eating for days.
4. ï‚ž Tigers are so strong they weigh more then
lions. Tigers can be motionless for an hour
and 3 seconds.
5. ï‚ž Tigers are carnivores. They also eat rabbits,
badgers and water buffalos.
7. ï‚žBengal tiger
ï‚ž The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger , equals a
race of tiger mainly obtained in India and
Bangladesh. They are also obtained in regions of
Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and south Tibet. The
Bengal tiger is among the biggest and the just
about a lot of of the tiger race, with
approximately 1,411 wild tigers being accounted
by the Government of India's National Tiger
Conservation Authority.
8. ï‚ž Bali tiger
ï‚ž The Bali tiger , harimau Bali in Indonesian,
or adverted to as samong in primitive
Balinese words, is an nonexistent race of
tiger ascertained entirely on the little
Indonesian island of Bali. This was among
ternary race of tiger discovered in Indonesia
along with the Javan tiger (as well perhaps
extinct) and Sumatran tiger (critically
jeopardized
9. ï‚ž Indochinese tiger
ï‚ž The Indochinese tiger or Corbett's tiger
comprises a race of tiger discovered in
Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Tigers in peninsular Malaysia, at one time
categorised as Indochinese, have lately been
reclassified as a separated race, Malayan tiger
Panthera tigris jacksoni. The "Corbett's" name
roots from the scientific bring up of the
subspecies, Panthera tigris corbetti, which
successively is called in respect of Jim Corbett.
10. ï‚ž The Malayan tiger , discovered in the
southern and primal parts of the Malay
Peninsula, until 2004 wasn't viewed a race in
its own right. The newly categorization
happened after a study by Luo S-J et al. from
the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, part of
the U.S. National Cancer Institute.
11. ï‚ž There's a familiar mutation that develops the
white tigers, technically called chinchilla
albinistic,a creature which is scarce in the wild,
but widely covered in zoos due to its fame.
Upbringing of white tigers will frequently
contribute to inbreeding . Numerous openings
have come about in white and orange tiger
pairing in an effort to rectify the issue, often
mix race in the way. Such inbreeding has
resulted to white tigers bearing a heavier odds
of being born with physical flaws, such as cleft
palates and scoliosis (curvature of the spine).
Moreover, white tigers are inclined in acquiring
crossed eyes . Even evidently sound white tigers
mostly don't live as long as their orange
counterparts
12. ï‚ž Sumatran tiger
ï‚ž Male Sumatran tigers average 204 cm long
from head to tail and weigh approximately
136 kg. Females average out 198 cm long and
count approximately 91 kg. Its stripes are
thinner than remaining race of tigers' stripes,
and it has a more whiskered and maned
show, particularly the males. Its slim size
makes it lighter to move through heavy
rainforests. It has netting between The
Sumatran tiger is the youngest of all existing
tiger race. its toes that, when spread, makes
Sumatran tigers very fast swimmers. It's been
acknowledged to drive hooved prey into the
water, particularly if the prey beast is a slow
swimmer.
13. ï‚ž The illegal poaching of tigers for their
parts and destruction of their habitat
through destruction and buffer zone
encroachment are the biggest challenges
faced in the fight to save our Tigers.