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 * Physical Characteristics || Life Cycle || Growth || Body Functions || Birth || Habitat || Adaptations || Problems || Family Group || Relatives || Relation Ships || Diet ||
 * Tigers are recognized by their orange, black, and white stripe pattern. || Maximum longevity is about 26 years. || It is estimated that some 200 tigers yet survive in Nepal, and perhaps 4000 in India, || The claws can be pulled inside while the tiger walks, || Tiger cubs are born small and helpless, but the mother must leave them alone while she hunts. || The woodlands of the Russian Far East and the mangrove swamps of the Sundanese, shared by India and Bangladesh. || The tiger will return to the kill over the next few days for smaller snacks. In the wild, they prefer pigs and deer, while in some parts of Asia they may bring down a rhino or elephant calf. || have been hunted heavily by man for sport, skins, and as a source of traditional medical products. || Usually solitary, but occasionally travels in parties of 3 or 4 (probably mother with sub-adult children or an estrous female and suitors). || There are currently six subspecies of tigers. || India began passing laws against killing tigers. || In the wild, they prefer pigs and deer, while in some parts of Asia they may bring down a rhino or elephant calf. ||
 * A tiger’s front paws are large and strong to bring down prey. ||  ||   || For prey less than half a tiger 's weight, the killing bite is delivered to the nape of the neck. For larger prey, a throat bite is preferred. || Tigers are polyester but most commonly conceive after the monsoon rains; the majority of cubs are born between February and May after a gestation of three and a half months. || Tigers live only in Asia, in which they once roamed all across, from the islands of Java, Bali, Sumatra, to the freezing taigas of Siberia. || Siberian tigers migrate between border areas of China and Russia, a finding that could help protect the extremely endangered species. || superstition has that the bones, fat, liver are prized as aphrodisiacs or medicines. ||   || Until 1940 there were eight tiger subspecies in the world. ||   || It will occasionally stalk livestock when other prey is scarce, ||
 * one of the most charismatic and evocative species on Earth. ||  ||   || Both sexes mark territories but a male's territory will overlap several females' territories. || Cubs weigh under three pounds at birth and are striped. Eyes open in 15-16 days. ||   || when driven by hunger will eat almost anything: fowl, fish, lizards, frogs, crocodiles, carrion, or even humans, on occasion. || The main tiger population of the Indian subcontinent has suffered a serious decline in the last 50 years. ||   ||   ||   || In the Zoo the tigers are fed an assortment of fish, meat and poultry parts. ||
 * The front paws of a tiger have five toes each. ||  ||   || The tiger is an excellent swimmer || Litter consists of 1-4 cubs, occasionally up to 6, but it is unusual for more than two or three to survive. ||   || Hunting method is a slow patient stalk through cover until close enough for the final spring. || Tiger researchers estimate that there are fewer than 2,500 tigers in the world. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Tigers are famous for their thick, orange-tawny coats, gleaming amber-gold eyes, black to rich brown stripes, and long, whip-like tail. ||  ||   ||   || Cubs are weaned at 4-6 months but depend on their mother for food and protection for another two years. ||   || There is some evidence that females permit their daughters to take over their home ranges and there have been verified reports of rather large groups of tigers (up to 9) feeding at a single kill. || ===Male tigers have been known to kill and sometimes eat cubs of other males before taking the tigress as its own mate.=== ===.=== ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * These cats have the longest canine teeth of any land mammal, sometimes three to four inches long. ||  ||   ||   || Female Tigers bear single litters every 2-3 years. ||   || white ear spots may enable mothers and cubs to keep track of each other in the dim forests at night. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Tigers are the largest of the big cats ||  ||   ||   || New males entering a female's territory may eat cubs. ||   || Unlike con specific leopards, tigers take advantage of human-made trails and roads. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===All tigers have a similar marking on their forehead,which resembles the Chinese symbol Wang, meaning King.=== ||  ||   ||   || In one case, the additional tigers were offspring from several litters of the one who had made the kill. ||   || The stiff whiskers enable a tiger to move through thick cover at night. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===Tigers do not purr.====== === ||  ||   ||   || A tiger cub will make its first kill around 18 months of age. ||   || If the whiskers fit, the whole body can follow. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===Unlike the domestic cat the tigers pupils are round.=== ||  ||   ||   || ===Tiger cubs can stay with their mother for up to 2-3 years.=== ||   || The claws can be pulled inside while the tiger walks, which helps keep the claws sharp. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The tiger's foot print is known as the pug mark,=== ||  ||   ||   || ===Usually before mating, but also as a sign of affection, tigers make a kind of huffing sound by expelling air softly through the nostrils.=== ||   || Tigers also use their claws to mark their territory by scratching on trees. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===Like the domestic cat the tigers claws are retractable.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Tigers crouch, crawl, pounce, and sprint to their prey where they jump onto it's back. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===There are five toes on a tigers forefeet and four on its hind feet.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || When the animal falls the tiger bites the animals neck until it dies. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===A tiger's night vision is six times greater than a humans.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || The smaller size of the Sumatran tiger makes it easier to move quickly through the jungle. ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===A tiger's canine teeth can grow up to three inches long and would be capable of crunching through the vertebrae of any creature on this earth.====== === ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || = = ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===Adult tigers have thirty teeth.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===On average a tigers tail is around four feet long or half the length of its body.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The tail gives the tiger extra balance when running and is also used to communicate to other tigers.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The tendons in a tiger's leg are so strong that an animal has been known to remain standing after it has been shot dead.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The Sumatran tiger has the most pronounced ruff around its neck.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The South China tiger has the fewest stripes.=== ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ===The fore limbs of a tiger are more powerful than the hind limbs for grabbing large prey.====== === ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||