Species Profile - Bengal Tiger
Life Span: 15 years (wild) 16 – 20 yrs (captivity)
Size: Males: 9 to 10 ft
Females: 5 to 6ft
Weight: 400 to 660 lbs (Males) 240 – 500 (Females)
The journey starts in a meadow of long tall grass or a dim cave. A two pound Bengal tiger cub is about to be born. This cub will have two to six siblings. They are born with their eyes closed. The Bengal tiger cubs become independent at 8 months of age. The mother raises all these cubs with little or no help from the male. Finally the cubs leave their mother when they are 2 to 2 ½ years old. As they search for their prey (water buffalo, fish, wild boar, hog deer, leopards, jackals, foxes and Acoustic black bears) they have to watch out for poachers. They are an endangered species. There is also a white Bengal tiger. It is white because they have a problem in their genes. You will only see them in captivity. The Bengal tiger’s natural habitat is dry deciduous forests, moist deciduous bamboo forests, tropical and subtropical rain forests. They are also known as the Indian tiger due to the fact that all Bengal tigers live in India except those that live in captivity. But they also have many other different names.
The Bengal tiger has many adaptations. It is nocturnal and has excellent night vision, strong jaws and sharp teeth. Also, the Bengal tiger has stripes for great camouflage. These are all for killing its prey. No two tigers have the same stripes, though some can be very similar. It also has abnormally flexible spine and paws the size of four human hands! They are fluent swimmer and are known to hunt, kill and eat their prey in water. Sometimes their hunted for body parts used to make traditional Chinese medicine. There were 8 subspecies of the tiger but unfortunately in the 20th century 3 have become extinct. Bengal Tiger are magnificent and cool species with unique and interesting features. So help protect these 600 pound cats.
Size: Males: 9 to 10 ft
Females: 5 to 6ft
Weight: 400 to 660 lbs (Males) 240 – 500 (Females)
The journey starts in a meadow of long tall grass or a dim cave. A two pound Bengal tiger cub is about to be born. This cub will have two to six siblings. They are born with their eyes closed. The Bengal tiger cubs become independent at 8 months of age. The mother raises all these cubs with little or no help from the male. Finally the cubs leave their mother when they are 2 to 2 ½ years old. As they search for their prey (water buffalo, fish, wild boar, hog deer, leopards, jackals, foxes and Acoustic black bears) they have to watch out for poachers. They are an endangered species. There is also a white Bengal tiger. It is white because they have a problem in their genes. You will only see them in captivity. The Bengal tiger’s natural habitat is dry deciduous forests, moist deciduous bamboo forests, tropical and subtropical rain forests. They are also known as the Indian tiger due to the fact that all Bengal tigers live in India except those that live in captivity. But they also have many other different names.
The Bengal tiger has many adaptations. It is nocturnal and has excellent night vision, strong jaws and sharp teeth. Also, the Bengal tiger has stripes for great camouflage. These are all for killing its prey. No two tigers have the same stripes, though some can be very similar. It also has abnormally flexible spine and paws the size of four human hands! They are fluent swimmer and are known to hunt, kill and eat their prey in water. Sometimes their hunted for body parts used to make traditional Chinese medicine. There were 8 subspecies of the tiger but unfortunately in the 20th century 3 have become extinct. Bengal Tiger are magnificent and cool species with unique and interesting features. So help protect these 600 pound cats.
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