The Tiger
Welcome to the Tiger Section! In this section you can learn interesting facts and information about the Tiger!
Tiger
Panthera Tigris
About Tigers
Speed: 30 – 40 mph
Mass: 200 – 680 lbs (Male), 140 – 370 lbs (Female)
Lifespan: 10 – 15 Years
Known for: Strength and Predatory skills
Closest Relative: Snow Leopard
Animal Type: Mammal
Habitat
The first tiger was found in Lantion, China. Today, the tiger lives mostly in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Russia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Over 75% of the global wild tiger population lives in India alone.
Diet
The tiger is a carnivore, meaning it eats only meat. A tiger's everyday diet is made up of large ungulates, such as wild boar and deer, but are also known to consume monkeys, buffalo, sloth bears, leopards and even crocodiles.
Population
Not many tigers remain in the wild. About a century ago, 100,000 tigers roamed across Asia, but now less than 5,600 tigers remain in the world. This is why tigers are considered endangered, or not many of them are left in the world.
Tiger Types
There are many different types of tigers. There are nine known ones that include the Bengal Tiger, the Sumatran Tiger, the Siberian Tiger, the Caspian tiger, the Javan tiger, the Indochinese Tiger, the South China Tiger, the Balinese Tiger, and the Malayan Tiger. However, only six out of these nine species are alive today. The Caspian, Javan, and Balinese Tiger all went extinct between 1950 and 2010.
Did you know...
Did you know the tiger can use its ears to communicate with other tigers!
Did you know the stripes on a tiger's fur are unique and not one tiger has the same stripes as another!
Did you know if a tiger hunts once it wouldn't have to hunt again until one week because one hunt will last it one week!
Did you know while tigers have been around longer than humans (almost 2 million years!), the impacts of human development have caused their population to decline 97%!
Tiger cubs are born blind and only half of them survive to become adults!