Siberian Tiger
Panthera tigris altaica
Weight: Male
180-300kg
Female
100-165kg
Length: Body
1.6-2.8m
Tail
60-95cm
Height:(shoulder):
1-1.1m
Sexual Maturity:
Male
4-5 years
Female
3-4 years
Mating Season:
November to April
Lifespan: 15 in the wild
26 in capt.
Location: Northeastern
China
Key Features:
-largest member of the cat family
-has an added layer of body fat to keep it warm in the harsh Siberian winters
-often travels hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to find food
-can pounce up to 3x its own length to catch its prey
Weight: Male
180-300kg
Female
100-165kg
Length: Body
1.6-2.8m
Tail
60-95cm
Height:(shoulder):
1-1.1m
Sexual Maturity:
Male
4-5 years
Female
3-4 years
Mating Season:
November to April
Lifespan: 15 in the wild
26 in capt.
Location: Northeastern
China
Key Features:
-largest member of the cat family
-has an added layer of body fat to keep it warm in the harsh Siberian winters
-often travels hundreds of miles of harsh terrain to find food
-can pounce up to 3x its own length to catch its prey
*WHITE TIGERS*
All white Bengal tigers are the descendants of four cubs of a white tiger originally killed in India.
The certain double recessive allele that causes the "white" mutation (blue eyed, lacking in phaeomelanin, pale-coated, but having a pattern), in tigers only turns up in about 1 out of every 10,000 tiger births in the wild.
This mutation only generally occurs in the Bengal subspecies but occasionally an Amur tiger can pass the gene to his descendants.
White tigers were once so coveted by zoos that severe inbreeding occurred. Many if not all of these cubs were born with crossed eyes, spine curvature, twisted necks, and shortened tendons in the legs. Zoos soon realized this and started to outbreed the whites with orange tigers. This has proven reasonably successful in combating inbreeding depression.
Many agencies are trying to discourage the breeding of white tigers because of their lack of genetic diversity and it serves no actual conservation effort.
All white Bengal tigers are the descendants of four cubs of a white tiger originally killed in India.
The certain double recessive allele that causes the "white" mutation (blue eyed, lacking in phaeomelanin, pale-coated, but having a pattern), in tigers only turns up in about 1 out of every 10,000 tiger births in the wild.
This mutation only generally occurs in the Bengal subspecies but occasionally an Amur tiger can pass the gene to his descendants.
White tigers were once so coveted by zoos that severe inbreeding occurred. Many if not all of these cubs were born with crossed eyes, spine curvature, twisted necks, and shortened tendons in the legs. Zoos soon realized this and started to outbreed the whites with orange tigers. This has proven reasonably successful in combating inbreeding depression.
Many agencies are trying to discourage the breeding of white tigers because of their lack of genetic diversity and it serves no actual conservation effort.
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