Tigers Pictures Facts - Territory
Tigers are solitary animals and unlike other big cats they prefer to live and hunt alone except for the mother with her cubs. Tigers mark their territory by spraying the trees and bushes with their urine. They also leave scratch marks on the trees, thus, also marking their territory. The size of the tiger's territory is about 10-30 square miles (that is 26-78 sq. km) depending on the amount of food that can be found on this territory. The territories of tigers always overlap with the territories of other tigers. Thus the territory of a male usually overlaps with some of the females.
Tigers Pictures Facts - Food Habits
In the wild the tigers can eat up to 60 pounds of meat at a time. Though these animals are excellent hunters only one in ten hunting forays are successful. Tiger's favorite preys are deer, wild pigs and also fish. Some breeds of tigers can also eat fruits and frogs and small critters.
Thus, depending on the habitat, these animals may also eat antelope, buffalo, guar, domestic livestock, peafowl, monkeys, civets, porcupines, fish, frogs, crabs, large monitor lizards, pythons, and young elephants or rhinos. Some tigers will even eat grass, fruits, and berries as a part of their diet.
Tigers Pictures Facts - Method of Hunting
As solitary animals without others to assist, tigers use their eyesight and hearing when hunting. Tigers are patient hunters; they move slowly and quietly waiting for their prey for 20 to 30 minutes. The tiger has large teeth and powerful jaws that help it to catch very big prey. At first an animal locates the prey and waits in the shelter for a suitable moment before it begins to stalk.
It usually approaches its prey from the side so that way the prey cannot see him. Thus, the tiger tries to get as close to the victim as is possible about 20 meters (66 ft.). When the tiger is close enough, it makes a great leap and forces a prey down to the ground. During this attack a tiger bites a prey in the throat or neck.
A tiger kills small prey with a quick bite at the nape of the neck. It tackles larger animals by lunging at the throat and hanging on until the animal suffocates. Once a tiger has eaten its fill, it hides the remains of its meal under foliage, branches, twigs or grass for its next meal. Thus Tigers kill only for food and sometimes they have no food for several days.
Tigers Pictures Facts - General Information Links
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The Vanishing Tiger © 2000-2001
Candice Klarich
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A Vision of Love - Exclusive Interview With Douglas A. Hertweck, Royal Tiger Preservation Inc.
All about Tigers - Much information about living and extinct species of Tigers, their description and status in the wild.
American Forests - On the Last of 9 Lives - Describes the dangers facing the Siberian Tiger, a species that has almost disappeared in the wild, as well as steps being taken to protect it.
Animal Trial: Tiger Pictures - View different species of this mammal in the wild and in captivity.
Awesome Tigers - Information about living and extinct Tigers.
Bengal India Tigers - Interesting facts concerning Bengal Tigers and plenty of useful links.
Breeding White Tigers Produces Many Unwanted Results - AR-News article concerning the breeding of the White Tiger.
Cats Profiles - Information on big cats kept in zoos and their status in the wild.
CNN - Rare White Tiger Cubs Entrance Zoo Visitors in Seoul - A pair of rare tiger cubs are stealing the show at South Korea's Everland Zoo.
Evolution of Tigers - A survey on history of the felids and their distribution all over the world.
Hollywild Animal Park: White Tigers - White Tiger facts and pictures.
Indianchild - Tigers - Contains information about Tigers, their diet, habitat, taxonomy, and different types. Includes some Tiger pictures.
Keeping Large Felids - Learn how Tigers and other large cats should be kept in captivity to be happy and reproduce.
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The Vanishing Tiger © 2000-2001
Candice Klarich
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Nepal Animals - Information on exotic animals found in Nepal and their status.
Study Says Government Counts of Tigers in India are Inaccurate - A method used by India's government to count Tigers for the past 30-plus years has produced largely inaccurate data, resulting in poor conservation practices, according to a study led by the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Sumatran Tiger Habitat - Range and habitat of the Sumatran Tiger.
Sumatran Tiger Profile - Physical characteristics, habitat and distribution, behavior and diet, reproduction and growth, and status.
The Five Survivors - Profiles of the Bengal Tiger, Indochinese Tiger, Sumatran Tiger, Siberian (Amur) Tiger, and South China Tiger.
The Sumatran Tiger - Habitats, diet, and physical attributes of the Sumatran Tiger.
The Sumatran Tiger: The Complete Story - Distribution and habitats of the Sumatran Tiger and the status in the wild.
Tiger - Facts and Animal Spirit Associations - Colors and markings, social structure and behaviors, and more.
Tiger Images - A lot of Siberian and other Tigers' photos in the wild and in captivity.
Tiger Overview - Encyclopedia entry about different species of the Tiger with scientific names and description.
Tigers at exZOOberance! - Scientific classification, general information, and photo gallery.
White Tiger - Read key facts and find out the size and lifestyle of white Tigers. There is a map showing the range of this Tiger.
Whose Toes are Those? - A page for kids. Learn how the Tigers look and how to distinguish between the species.
Tigers Pictures Facts - Other Tigers sites
Tiger Cats - Tiger Cats are found in a wide variety of habitats throughout Asia. The geographic range of Tigers includes China, Russia (Siberia), Sumatra, Bangladesh and India. Once Tigers were found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and other parts of Indonesia. They inhabit jungle, tropical rainforests, mangrove swamps, grasslands, savannahs, and rocky terrain - all habitats that can provide them with enough prey, water and shelter.
Class: Mammalia
Tigers Facts - There are five types of Tigers. They are also known as subspecies. The different subspecies are found in areas of Asia, India, and Russia. The largest subspecies is found in snowy areas of Russia. The smallest and darkest subspecies is found farther south, in the jungles of Indonesia. Tigresses (females) are naturally smaller than males. The subspecies differ slightly in size and color.
These animals live in mountainous and highly forested areas.
Tigers Pictures - Perfect hunters with a number of adaptations for living in the wild Asian forests, Tigers are the largest members of the cat family. These fascinating animals feed mainly on meat, which is the key factor in establishing the misconception of Tigers as man-eaters. Powerful predators, Tigers face a lot of threats, habitat loss and poaching are the most destructive. Of eight known species of the Tiger, only five have survived. Nowadays, efforts are taken to preserve the remaining species in the wild and to establish the population of these magnificent felines at zoos and parks.
Depending of the species, Tigers range in weight from 165 to 242 pounds. Males may be as large as 220-310 pounds. Mainland Tigers are usually larger with the Indian Tiger that is the largest of the Tiger species. The length of the tiger's body is about 7-12 feet.
Tigers Pictures Information - Tigers are amazingly beautiful animals that are extremely powerful hunters with sharp teeth, very strong jaws, and an agile, muscular body. Tigers are the largest members of the Felidae family. They are closest relatives to lions.
Tigers are basically rusty orange to yellow orange color. Their underbody is creamy to white. There are large vertical stripes on the tiger's body. The body coloring varies with climate. Tigers have very short, dense fur. The fur around the head is longer, and forms the mane. Tigers normally have amber yellow eyes with round pupils.
Tigers Photos - Tigers are strikingly beautiful wild cats and are known in eight different subspecies. The tiger's body is strong and muscular, and is built in such a way as to aid in its hunting techniques. Like all animals belonging to the family of cats, tigers have sharp retractile claws. These claws serve a perfect adaptation for hunting. The tiger's large and powerful jaw is known for its deadly bite.
Tigers are distinguished from the other cats by their ability to roar. Their size differs for each subspecies. The average length of the tiger's body is from 47 to 114 inches. Add about 21-47 inches to
Tigers Information - Tigers are the largest members of the cat family and are known as courageous hunters and gracious felines. The species are easily recognized by their striped color pattern. They are admired because of their power and beauty.
The image of the Tiger is closely associated with its man-eating behaviors. Tigers are predators by nature and feed mainly on meat. Humans may occasionally fall the victims of this powerful carnivore if they should come the way of a Tiger that is in search of prey at the moment. Tigers make their presence apparent by roaring or leaving tracks on a dust trail. This animal has frequently become the subject to myths and the focus of legends and arts.
