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Tigers are the largest of the big
cat species.
Tiger Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Tigris
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Habitat: Tigers are currently
found in Asia, from India to the
Russian Far East. Tigers inhabit
areas with forest cover, water,
and plentiful prey, these habitats
can be tropical rainforests, oak
forests, evergreen forests, woodlands,
mangrove swamps, grasslands savannahs,
and rocky country.
Tiger Species: There are
currently nine subspecies of tiger,
sadly three of which are now classified
as extinct.
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Sub-Species
*Bali Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Balica
Bengal Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Tigris
*Caspian Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Virgata
Indochinese Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Corbetti
*Javan Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Sondaica
Malayan Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Jacksoni
Sumatran Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Sumatrae
Siberian Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Altaica
South China Tiger - Panthera
Tigris Amoyensis
*Extinct
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Size: Male tigers are larger
than their female counterparts.
Tigers are approximately 3-3.5 feet
at the shoulder, they measure 4.6
- 9.2 feet in length with a 2-3
feet tail. The Siberian Tiger is
the largest tiger subspecies weighing
between 400-675 lbs. The Sumatran
Tiger, is the smallest living tiger
subspecies, weighing 220-310 lbs.
Conservation Status / Population:
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Population
Status
Bengal tiger: Less than 2,000
Indochinese tiger: 750-1,300
Siberian tiger: Around 450
Sumatran tiger: 400-500
Malayan tiger: 600-800
South Chinese tiger: Extinct
in the wild
Caspian tiger: Extinct
Javan tiger: Extinct
Bali tiger: Extinct
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Other Names for Tigers:
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Tiger in
Foreign Languages
Afrikaans: Tier
Albanian: Tigri
Czech: Tygr
Danish: Tiger
Dutch: Tijger
Estonian: Tiiger
Finnish: Tiikeri
French: Tigre
German: Tiger
Middle High German:
Tigertier
Old High German: Tigirtior
/ Tigritior
Greenlandic: Tiigeri
Hungarian: Tigris
Indonesian: Harimau
/ Macan
Irish: Tiogar
Italian: Tigr
Latin: Tigris
Latvian: Tigeris
Lithuanian: Tigras
Luxembourg: Tiger
Malay: Harimau
Manchu: Tasha
Navajo: Nashdoitsoh
Noodo´Zigii
Norwegian: Tiger
Pali: Byaggha
Polish: Tygrys
Portuguese: Tigre
Romanian: Tigru
Roman: Tigar
Slovakian: Tiger
Slovenian: Tiger
Spanish: Tigre
Sundanese: Lodaya
Swahili: Chui-milia
Swedish: Tiger
Tagalog: Tigre
Turkish: Kaplan
Turkmen: Gaplan
Uzbek: Yolbars
West Frisian: Tiger
Zulu: Ingwe
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Diet: Tigers are carnivores,
they will eat boar, cattle, deer,
Tigers are nocturnal hunting from
dusk to dawn. They hunt by stalking
their prey, and pouncing. Tigers
will eat 33-40 lbs of meat per day.
Description: Tigers have
a silky reddish-orange with dark
stripes, the stripes act as camoflauge.
Tigers less frequently can be also
be black with tan stripes, all white
(albino), or white and w tan stripes.
Tigers have long retractable claws.
Behavior: Tigers are territorial
and will use their claws to scratch
the trees in their territory.
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Birth: Tigers give
birth to litters of 2-3 cubs
at a time. The cubs are born
blind and helpless.
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Did
You Know?
A tiger is successful
only once in ten to
20 hunts.
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Gestation: Tigers carry
their young 100 to 112 days, for
100 to 112 days.
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Cubs: Tiger cubs
weigh approximately 2 lbs
at birth. Tiger cubs will
nurse up until 6 months of
age, and they will stay with
their mother up until the
age of 2. Tiger cubs have
a high mortality rate, it
is estimated that only half
of the cubs survive.
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Did
You Know?
A tiger's stripes
are like fingerprints,
all tigers have a
unique striping pattern.
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Sexual Maturity: Tigers
are considered sexually mature between
the ages of 3 to 6.
Life Span: Tigers live approximately
10-15 years in the wild. Tigers
will live 20-25 years in captivity.
Social Structure: Tigers
are solitary with the exception
of a mother rearing young.
Athleticism: Tigers are
athletic and agile able to stalk
and attack large prey.
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