Bengal
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris tigris |
Range: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal |
Average Weight: Female: 221 - 353 Pounds Male: 419 - 569 Pounds |
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 2 Inches |
Prey: Antelope, Buffalo, Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 |
Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status: 1998 Approximates 3,176 - 4,556 1997 Approximates 3,000 - 4,700 |
Other Information: 1) Also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger. 2) Also known as the Indian Tiger. 3) All white tigers are Bengals. All white Bengals in captivity in the USA originated from one white male bengal captured in India in 1951 and inbred with his offspring. Only Bengal tigers have the double recessive gene that causes the white coloring. White tigers are not albino. 4) There are more Bengal tigers than all 4 of the other remaining tiger subspecies added together |
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris corbetti |
Range: Cambodia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam |
Average Weight: Female: 221 - 287 Pounds Male: 330 - 430 Pounds |
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches Male: 8 Feet 5 Inches - 9 Feet 4 Inches |
Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 |
Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status: 1998 Approximates 1,227 - 1,785 1997 Approximates 1,150 - 1,750 |
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris altaica |
Range: Mainly eastern
Russia; Some in northeastern China and northern North Korea |
Average Weight: Female: 221 - 368 Pounds Male: 419 - 675 Pounds |
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 11 Inches - 9 Feet Male: 8 Feet 8 Inches - 10 Feet 9 Inches |
Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 |
Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status: 1998 Approximates 360 - 406 1997 Approximates 436 - 505 |
Other Information: 1) Also known as the Amur Tiger. 2) Also known as the Ussuri Tiger. 3) Also known as the Manchurian Tiger. 4) Also known as the Northeast China Tiger. 5) Largest of the tiger subspecies. |
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris amoyensis |
Range: Central and eastern China |
Average Weight: Female: 221 - 254 Pounds Male: 287 - 386 Pounds |
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 7 Feet 11 Inches Male: 7 Feet 7 Inches - 8 Feet 7 Inches |
Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 |
Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status: 1998 Approximates 20 - 30 1997 Approximates 20 - 78 |
Other Information: 1) Also known as the Amoy Tiger. 2) Also known as the Chinese Tiger. 3) Most endangered of the tiger subspecies. 4) Considered to be the evolutionary ancestor of all tigers. 5) The only zoo's that have this tiger are in China. |
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris sumatrae |
Range: Indonesian Island of Sumatra |
Average Weight: Female: 165 - 243 Pounds Male: 221 - 309 Pounds |
Average Length: Female: 7 Feet 1 Inches - 7 Feet 7 Inches Male: 7 Feet 3 Inches - 8 Feet 8 Inches |
Prey: Cattle, Deer, Pigs. |
Gestation period: Approximately 103 days |
Cubs per litter: 1-5 Average: 2-3 |
Cub Maturity: After 8 Weeks: join mother when hunting Approximately 6 Months: learned how to kill 11/4 - 11/2 Years: can hunt for themselves |
Status: 1998 Approximates 400 - 500 1997 Approximates 400 - 735 |
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