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Page 1: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tigers Tigers Panthera tigrisPanthera tigris

Page 2: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tigers con.Tigers con.

The tiger is the largest living cat

weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more

Habitat: Southeastern Asia, evergreen forests, deciduous forests, coniferous woodlands, mangrove swamps, thorn forests and grass jungles

Page 3: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tigers diet Tigers diet Tigers hunt primarily between dusk and dawn. The stalk,

chase, and attack killing the prey with usually a bite to the nape of the neck or the throat

Tigers eat deer, pigs, crocodiles, young elephants, rhinos, monkeys, birds, fish, leopards, bears, and even their own kind

Page 4: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tiger lifestyle and mating habitsTiger lifestyle and mating habits

Tigers are solitary animals

Tigers will mate throughout the year, but most frequently between the end of November to early April. After a gestation of 103 days a litter of up to 7 cubs although averaging 3 is born

Page 5: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tiger pop. And conservation Tiger pop. And conservation effortsefforts

There are estimated to be 127 tigers in India and Bangladesh

Tigers are hunted heavily for there furs

There are efforts to get tigers in captivity and breed them then set them back in the wild

Page 6: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

Tiger habitat mapTiger habitat map

Page 7: Tigers Panthera tigris. Tigers con. The tiger is the largest living cat weights can exceed 700lbs and reach lengths of 10ft or more Habitat: Southeastern

How much does a tiger normally weigh?What are two animals that the tiger eats?What part of the tiger is valued by hunters?What color are tigers?How do tigers obtain there food?

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