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TIGERS

Common Name: Tiger
Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrata)
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthein Panther
Species: Tigris

Sub-species:

Bengal Tiger – Panther Tigris Tigris 1200-1500 left
Siberian (Amurian) Tiger – Panther Tigris Altaica 331 left
Sumatran Tiger – Panther Tigris Sumatrae 136 left
Indo-Chinese Tiger – Panther Tigris corbetti
Malayan Tiger – Panther Tigris jacksoni **
South China Tiger – Panthera Tigris Amoyensis 37 left
Javan Tiger – Panther Tigris sondaica – extinct since early 1980′s
Bali Tiger – Panther Tigris Balica – extinct since the 1940′s
Caspian Tiger – Panther Tigris virgata – formerly thought to be extinct since the early 1970′s.

Size and Appearance: The largest of all the living cats, the tiger is immediately recognizable by its unique reddish – orange coat with black stripes. Stripe patterns differ among individuals and are as unique to the animal as are fingerprints to humans. The dark lines above the eyes tend to be symmetrical, but the marks on the sides of the face and body can be different.  Males have a prominent ruff or collar, which is especially pronounced in the Sumatran tiger.

One single white cub was found in the wild and taken by a hunter who killed his mother and normal colored siblings. He was named Mohan and is the progenitor of most white tigers now in captivity. White tigers would never survive in the wild as the white coat is only produced through severe inbreeding. White tigers have brown stripes and crystal blue eyes, and some specimens in captivity have no stripes at all.

 Hunting and Diet: Tigers hunt primarily between dusk and dawn, and they attack using the same method as do the lions. They stalk, chase, and attack, bringing down and killing the prey with usually a bite to the nape of the neck or the throat. The bite to the throat allows the tiger the ability to suffocate the prey bringing death