​TIGERS
Mammal     -     Vertebrate     -     Carnivore

CUB

SIBERIAN TIGER

---

---

---

Male:  Tiger

Female:  Tigress

Young:  Cub, Whelp

---

---

---

---

TIGERS

• Are the largest big cat species.
• Are at the top of the food chain.
• Are strong swimmers.
• Are completely blind at birth.
• About half do not survive to adulthood.
• Mainly eat large mammals - antelope, buffalo, deer and pigs.
• May also eat frogs, monkeys, porcupines and fowl.
• Hunt primarily by sight and sound, rather than by smell.
• They hunt alone. 
• Can live for about 10 years or up to 25 if in captivity.
• May cover the remains of its food with grass or debris and return to it over the following few days.

• You can hear a tiger's roar over a mile way.
• Are the biggest cats in the world.
• Young tigers will live with their until they are two years old.
• A paw prints are called pug marks.
• Have stripes on their fur, and also on their skin.
• No two tigers have the same stripe pattern.
• A tiger's tongue is so rough that if it licks your hand, it would draw blood.
• Have legs that are so powerful, they can remain standing even when dead.
• Cannot purr.  To show happiness, they squint or close their eyes.
• Have antiseptic saliva, so they lick their wounds to disinfect them.
• 97% of the world's tigers have been lost over the past century.

Subspecies:

• The Siberian Tiger.
• The South China Tiger.
• The Indochinese Tiger.
• The Malayan Tiger.
• The Sumatran Tiger.
• The Bengal Tiger.​​​

---

Visit:  Tigers . COLLECTIVE NOUNS, SIMILES, IDIOMS, METAPHORS and EXPRESSIONS

---

CUB

SUMATRAN TIGER

WHITE TIGERS

CUB