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TIGER
Tigers (Panthera Tigris) are the largest
cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft.) over
curves and exceptionally weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb.) in the wild. Its
most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on
reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. There are six different subspecies of tiger
which are the Bengal tiger,
the Indochinese tiger,
the Malayan tiger,
the Sumatran tiger,
the Siberian tiger and
the South China Tiger. The white tiger is
actually a Bengal tiger and
is therefore not a subspecies itself. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates
such as deer and bovid. They are territorial and generally solitary but social
animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their
prey requirements. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their
historic range.This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of
the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts
with humans.
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