Tigers

Tigers

BIO 101

Tigers

Tigers, the largest of all living cat species are recognized by its unique reddish-orange coat with black stripes. Although they are considered to be loners they are extremely territorial. Initially, there were nine known subspecies of tigers: Siberian, South China, Indo-Chinese, Sumatran, Bengal, Malayan, Balinese, Javan, and Persian. The Bali, Javan, and Persian tigers are extinct and the remainder of the subspecies is found on the endangered species list. Tigers have exceptional skills and can familiarize to their environment, but poaching and increase of their natural habitat threaten existence. Tiger's physical attributes such as their body size, patterns of their stripes, and length of fur are characterized by the locale they live in. Most feline...