Wild Cats - Tigers

Information on Tigers

I know this animal isnt a pet, but shouldn't this be an 'Animal subforum' rather than just pets?

http://www.planet-wissen.de/pics/IEP...iger_gross.jpg

Tigers live in hot, humid areas and also cold, snowy areas of Asia.
Siberian [Amur] Tigers mainly live in the colder areas.

There are 5 subspecies of Tigers:

Siberian [Amur]
Bengal
Indochinese
Sumatran
South china

The 3 extinct subspecies of Tigers are:

Javan - Last seen in 1972
Bali - Last Tiger said to have been poached in 1937
Caspian - Extinct in the 1950's

http://www.savethetigerfund.org/Kids...es/caspian.jpg
Caspian Tiger photograph

Tigers can come in 3 colours

Tawny brown/Light Orange with Black stripes
http://www.wwf.org.uk/picturelibrary...amur_tiger.jpg

White with reddish or brown stripes
http://wmh.walla.co.il/community/200...ite_Tiger2.jpg

And finally, a mixture of both..[Middle one]

http://www.longleat.co.uk/images/photographs/tigers.jpg

Fast Facts:

• The male doesn't stay with the female tiger after mating
• Cubs stay with their mother for round about 2 years
• Tigers 'Paw prints' are called Pug Marks
• Tigers have 10-15 different sounds
• No two tigers have the same stripes, eyes or pug marks
• There are less than 200 white tigers left in the wild
• There are less than 7,000 Tigers left in the world
• Tigers hunt every 1-4 days
• Tigers eat one meal every 3-4 days
• Tigers scent trees, just like household cats
• Tigers are good swimmers, unlike other cats
• They are better at short distance running than longer
• White tigers are not a subspecies of tiger
• Panthera Tigris means "Roaring Tiger"
• Tigers, are believe it or not carnivores

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I wrote this myself, with my own knowledge etc, so please dont accuse me of copy and pasting!

Sounds like someone in my class lol :P.... taking you like tigers then?

:)

Lol, Yeah im going to an animal college to get the necessary awards to work with them, and other cats. :]

Sounds Cool :) Hope that all goes well for you :D

Haha awesome. :) Never seen those white-coloured tigers. :D

I lurve the white ones ;D

Very nice info, what about Ligers?
You should have posted about them. =]

Ligers <333 Here just for you:

Ligers & Tigons

http://static.flickr.com/7/7233767_a6e109a08a_m.jpg

'Ligers' are a rare species developed by A female tiger and a male lion.
Tigons are the opposite, having a female lioness mother and a male tiger.
They are a very large wild cat due to the fact that both Tigers and Lions are the two largest cats in the world..
http://static.flickr.com/3/4965756_b81171f7b6_m.jpg

They have both stripes and spots and are said to weigh double a siberian tiger..
That weight being 400 and 600 pounds!
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ary/Liger2.jpg
Ligers and tigons are only bred in captivity, as it is very unlikely for two different species to mate in a natural habitat, in regards to the lion's pride being defensive.
http://www.sierrasafarizoo.com/images/animals/hobbs.jpg