Bengal Tiger
Class: Mammala
Order: Carnivores
Family: Feiddue
Genus Species: Panthera, Tigris
Weight: Male- Up to 500 pounds. Female- Up to 300 pounds
Description- Orange with black or brown vertical strips running down its entire body, expect the white underside.
Life span- 15 years in the wild- 16-19 years in controlled environments.
Sexual Maturity: Males-3-4 years. Female-3-5 years.
Gestation- 98-110 day’s 2-4 cubs are born.
Habitat: Tropicle jungle/ Marsh lands/ Tall grass lands. In Bangladesh, Nepal, and Asian countries.
Diet-Medium- large prey
Facts- Tigers hunt early, and late in the day, because there stripes help them blend in the environment during that time.
Territotorie male’s tiger travels alone, making boundaries with urine scratch marks.
Tigers can eat 88 pounds in a meal
Tigers like eating next to water so they mostly drag there pray near the water.
White tigers have pigmented stripes and blue eyes so they are not albinos.
There are less then 3,000 Bengal tigers left.
Tigers are at the top of the food chain, and there leftovers are the meal of many other animals.