There are five types of tigers. They are found in Asia, India, and Russia. The largest is the Siberian tiger which can be as long as a station wagan. It can weigh up to 650 pounds. The smallest subspecies is found in the jungles Indonesia. Tigers have orange, black, and striped fur. This enables them to blend into their enviroment. Each tiger has its very own pattern which is like human's fingerprints. Tigers are an endangerd species.
Tigers use their front paws to bring down prey. The tiger uses his claws on its front paw to capture prey. They also use their claws for scratching trees to mark their terrirtory. Tigers are capable of stalking prey up to thirty minutes. This shows how patient they are. When tigers succeed in catching prey they will use their sharp teeth and jaws to grab the animal by its neck and suffocate it. Their tongues resemble sandpaper which helps to scrap off the last bits of meat of the dead prey. Their diets consist mainly on wild boar, deer, sambar, cattle, and goats. They like to hunt alone preferably between sunset and sunrise. They can travel as far as twenty miles a night in search of prey. They eat between thirty and forty pounds of meat on a given night. A tiger must make a kill a least once a week. They have about a ten to twenty percent success rate in making a successful kill.
The female tiger is capable of having up to seven cubs in a liter. Newborn cubs weigh between one and a half to three pounds. Once their eyes open their vision isn't good for a couple of months. She can produce a litter every two years. She can have another litter right away whenever a litter dies.Since tigers hunt alone a mother tiger usually only has two cubs to survive. Tiger cubs born in zoos survive better because food is provided. Baby's are born after fourteen to fifteen weeks gestation. The mother is forced to leave them alone for periods of time in order to hunt.The cubs begin to eat meat at around two years of age. The father doesn't help bring up the cubs in any way. Tiger cubs are not ready to hunt on their own until they reach the age of two.
In order for the tiger to survive it needs large areas, water, and adquate prey. They need plenty of vegetation cover. Male tigers defend their territories from other males in order to protect their food supply. His territory must allow females in order to mate. She must have a territory with prey that is large enough to keep herself and her cubs fed. The females territories are smaller than males.The Bengal's scientific name is Panthera tigris tigris. They live in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar,and Nepal.Their is average weight for females is between 221 and 353 pounds and a male is between 419 and 569 pounds.The average length for a female is bewtween 7 "11" and 8"7". The average length for a male is between 8"8" and 10"2".They prey on Antelope, buffalo, cattle, deer,and pigs.Their gestation period is about 103 days.They have around one to five cubs per litter.Cub's join their mother in hunting after 8 weeks,and after 6 months they themselves learn to hunt.
In 1998 there was between 3,176 and 4,556 Bengal Tigers. In 1997 there was between 3,000 and 4,700.
1)Their also known as the ROYAL Bengal Tiger.
2)Bengal tigers are also known as the Indian Tiger.
3) All white tigers are Bengals. All white Bengals in captivity in the USA originated from one white male bengal captured in India in 1951 and bred with his offspring. Only Bengal tigers have the double recessive gene that causes the white coloring. They're are not albino.
4) There are more Bengal tigers than all 4 of the other remaining tiger subspecies added together.
The scientific name for the Bali tiger is Panthera tigris balica.The Bali tiger lives on the Island of Bali Average Weight: Female: 143 - 176 Pounds Male: 198 - 221 Pounds Average Length: Female: 6 Feet 3 Inches - 6 Feet 11 Inches Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches Prey: No Data Gestation period: No Data Cubs per litter: No Data Average: No Data Cub Maturity: No Data Status: Extinct since the late 1930's or early 1940's Other Information: 1) Smallest of all 8 tiger subspecies.
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris corbetti Range: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam Average Weight: Female: 221 - 287 Pounds Male: 330 - 430 Pounds Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches Male: 8 Feet 5 Inches - 9 Feet 4 Inches Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. Gestation period: Approximately 103 days Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves Status: 1998 Approximates 1,227 - 1,785 1997 Approximates 1,150 - 1,750
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris altaica Range: Mainly eastern Russia; Some in northeastern China and northern North Korea Average Weight: Female: 221 - 368 Pounds Male: 419 - 675 Pounds Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 9 Feet Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 9 Inches Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. Gestation period: Approximately 103 days Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves Status: 1998 Approximates 360 - 406 1997 Approximates 436 - 505 Other Information: 1) Also known as the Amur Tiger. 2) Also known as the Ussuri Tiger. 3) Also known as the Manchurian Tiger. 4) Also known as the Northeast China Tiger. 5) Largest of the tiger subspecies.
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris amoyensis Range: Central and eastern China Average Weight: Female: 221 - 254 Pounds Male: 287 - 386 Pounds Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 11 Inches Male: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. Gestation period: Approximately 103 days Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves Status: 1998 Approximates 20 - 30 1997 Approximates 20 - 78 Other Information: 1) Also known as the Amoy Tiger. 2) Also known as the Chinese Tiger. 3) Most endangered of the tiger subspecies. 4) Considered to be the evolutionary ancestor of all tigers. 5) The only zoo's that have this tiger are in China.
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae Range: Indonesian Island of Sumatra Average Weight: Female: 165 - 243 Pounds Male: 221 - 309 Pounds Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 1 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. Gestation period: Approximately 103 days Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves Status: 1998 Approximates 400 - 500 1997 Approximates 400 - 735
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris virgata Range: Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia Average Weight: Female: 187 - 298 Pounds Male: 374 - 529 Pounds Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 6 Inches Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 9 Feet 8 Inches Prey: No Data Gestation period: No Data Cubs per litter: No Data Average: No Data Cub Maturity: No Data Status: Extinct since the 1950's
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris sondaica Range: Island of Java Average Weight: Female: 165 - 254 Pounds Male: 221 - 311 Pounds Average Length: Female: No Data Male: 8 Feet 1 Inch Prey: No Data Gestation period: No Data Cubs per litter: No Data Average: No Data Cub Maturity: No Data Status: Extinct since the late 1970's or early 1980's
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