Endangered Species: The Big Cat: Tigers

General Information:

Scientific Name:

Neofelis tigris.

Kind of Animal:

Mammals.

Order of Mammals:

Carnivores.

Family of carnivores:

Felids or cats.

Greatest weight:

662 pounds.

Greatest Length:

11 feets (from head to tail)

Lifespan:

12 to 20 years.

Location:

•the Caucasus and the Caspian Sea to Siberia and Indonesia.

•India in the west to China

• Southeast Asia in the east.[16]

•south eastern Siberia.

•Sumatra~The only large island inhabited by tigers today is.

•Java and Bali~Tigers vanished during the 20th century.

Borneo~they are known only from fossil remains

What do they usually do?

Tiger swim too you know!

Tiger usually hunts alone. It can’t run very far, so it has to surprise other animals in order to catch them.
The tiger sneaks up silently on its prey, then pounces.
Tigers often hunt at night in the back of their eyes is a mirror-like layer called the tapetum to help see in the dark.

Why are tigers endangered?

*Some people will pay 65,000 dollars for 1 tiger skin

Almost everything related to the tiger has been sold and held in high esteem and price, be it their claws, their fur, their teeth and in some cases, their eyes.

The tiger's body organs have also been rumored to be a cure for many of human ailments.

Tigers fur are wanted

Most of the tiger's body parts are said to be aphrodisiacs, medicines or poisons - possibly the most powerful in the world. This false notion has therefore made hunters hunt tigers for their whiskers, the aforementioned whiskers, their eyes, the aforementioned talismans and their penises, liver and fat, the aforementioned aphrodisiacs. The bones of a tiger are also said to be prized medicines.