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Introduction• The tiger (panthera

tigris) is the

largest cat species,

reaching A total body

length of up to 3.3

metres (11 ft) and

weighing up to 306 kg

(670 lb).

• They are the third

largest

land carnivore (behin

d only the Polar

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• Scientific classification

Kingdom : Animalia

Phylum : Chordata

Class : Mammalia

Order : Carnivora

Family : Felidae

Genus : Panthera

Species : Panthera tigris

6Panthera tigris

Panthera

Felidae

Carnivora

Mammalia

Chordata

Animalia

• Due to poaching (illegal hunting) in the

recent years tigers population has gone

below 3,200.

• Tigers persist in less than 7% of their

historic range.

• 3 subspecies have gone extinct in the

last 80 years

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• Hunting on a large scale

• Killing the Tiger for its Skin , Claws , Teeth , etc.

• Being a big animal it is hunted as a sport

• Illegal Hunting for Medicinal Trade

• China's Growing Demand

• Weak Law Enforcement

• Poaching and Habitat Loss

• The Genetic Threat

• Impact of Catastrophes

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Reasons For Depletion Of Tiger

Population

Tiger Facts• Tigers can live up to 15 years in the

wild.

• Males can weigh up to 300kg and

reach 1m at the shoulder.

• The Amur Tiger - the largest of the tiger

family - can measure up to 3m from its

nose to the tip of its tail.

• Tigers live in a variety of habitats from

tropical and evergreen forests,

woodlands and mangrove swamps to

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• Unlike other species of cats, tigers are

good swimmers and readily enter

water.

• They have thick striped fur.

• Colour and markings vary between the

sub-species but most have over 100

stripes.

• No two tigers have the same stripe

patterns.

• Old or sick tigers - or those living close

to encroaching human populations -

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• Tigers hunt mainly at night, preying on

a variety of species from large buffalo

and deer to birds and porcupines

• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are

teaching their cubs) - only about one in

ten attacks result in a kill.

• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are

teaching their cubs) - only about one in

ten attacks result in a kill.

• Males have large territories (marked

with urine and scent) of about 24 sq

km, three times larger than the females,

and may include the territories of

several females. He alone will mate

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• A male may kill cubs that have been

fathered by other tigers so that he can

mate with the female to produce his

own offspring.

• Cubs learn from their mothers and

make their first solo kill at about 18

months. But they often stay with her

until they are about two and a half.

• Tigers reach maturity for breeding at

four years.

• In hot countries cubs are born

throughout the year. In cold regions,

they are born in the spring.

• Pregnancy (gestation) lasts c.4 months.

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• Cubs are usually born in a den or cave

or thick undergrowth.

• An average of 3-4 cubs are born in a

litter but it is rare for them all to survive

the first year.

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This graph here shows the history

of tiger population in our world

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An alarming number of tigers

have been erased out of the

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In Russia , the tiger population

has been rescued and the

population has gone up above

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Tiger Products

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Organizations

Involved In This

Mission

• Forever Tiger

• Panthera

• Save Tiger Fund

• World Wide Fund

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