Stats

Lifespan

10-25 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Carnivore

Activity

Nocturnal

Social

Solitary

Biome

Tropical rainforest

Range

Asia

Movement

Walking

Breeding

Live Birth

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Endangered

About

The largest living cat, a striped ambush hunter prowling the mangrove swamps and grassland-forest edges of the Indian subcontinent. Each tiger's stripe pattern is unique, and the markings extend down to the skin itself, so a shaved tiger would still wear its stripes.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   newborn cub

   A blind, helpless cub nurses constantly and depends on its mother for warmth and protection.
2. 2.
   juvenile

   A lanky young cat learns to stalk and pounce, following adults to practice hunting.
3. 3.
   adult

   Fully grown, holding territory and hunting on its own.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Felidae

Genus

Panthera

Species

Panthera tigris