Scientific name:
Neofelis tigris

Natural spread:
Asia

welfare is everyone this mighty, reddish brown-yellow one until russet big-cat with the dark strips at torso, legs and tail known. However, only few will know that the tiger in its wide Asian spread-area trained many subtypes. The most important are mentioned here:

The biggest living cat is the Siberian tiger (Neofelis Tigris altaica) with a length of 140-280 cm. its dense winter-fur is sallow without red-sounds, that become more strongly evident in the summer. The white of the stomach reaches up far at the flanks. After the continuance 1940 had melted away on 20-30 animals, it was put under protection, and today, 350-400 tigers should live again roughly in Russia in the Amur-Ussuri-Gebiet, so that directly this subtype no more than threatens is valid. Largely, the more reddish Chinese tiger (N) is wiped out. t. amoyensis, from South-China. A consciousness-change in China was introduced only since short. China joined the Washingtoner Artenschutzübereinkommen and finally now put the tiger under protection. For the moment, it remains uncertain whether the Chinese tiger with it has a survival-chance.

As endanger, also the behind-Indian Indochina-tiger (N) is valid. t. corbetti, however no exact continuance-numbers are available. Also the most well-known tiger, the king or Bengaltiger (N). t. Tigris, from front and rear-India had shriveled because of unkind Bejagung already on a tiny remainder. Energetic conservation-measures of the Indian government generally were successful meanwhile that the number of the tigers doubled meanwhile. The king-tiger is more narrowly and more strongly striped as the Chinese tiger and trained the typical sideburns especially well. The same is applicable to that of even narrow striped Sumatra-tigers (N). t. sumatrae, that probably develops the most beautiful sideburns. Already, the Bali-Tiger (N) are wiped out. t. balica, and probably also the Java-tiger (N). t. sondaica, as well as the Kaspi-Tiger (N). t. virgata, from North-Iran and North-Afghanistan.

As becomes clear from this installation, the continuance of the tiger constantly declines in the wild. That is all the more regrettable than only very few subtypes were bred purely in zoological gardens so that these are irretrievably lost with the disappearance of the remaining subtypes from the free wilderness for always.

Way of life The tiger is in areas, in which it doesn't become bejagt so strongly, meets - and twilight-active. In its wide spread-area, it makes only few demands on its environment: it must find loot sufficiently in form of big game; coverage must present itself sufficiently, and it must exist water. This big-cat gets very well ready for all other realities. Tigers, according to game-density, more or less big precincts, live in, who mark it particularly through spraying from prominent points with an urine-glandular-secretion-mixture. These brands serve the innerartlichen communication simultaneously. Siberian tigers often make wide hikes in order to reach into wild-richer areas. Within its Revieres, several silence, and roosts between stone-blocks, lay itself the animals in earth, and crevices or under fallen trees, that they pad with all sorts of plant-material, at.

Nutrition As loot of the tiger comes deer in the most important thing - until beef-big mammals in question, that boars, stags, antelopes or game-cows can be according to the spread-area. it kills also other carnivores beside it until bear-size as well as all sorts of vertebrates like fish, lizards and birds. The predatory cats had to specialize on pets in wild-poor areas I to the sorrow-nature of the farmers, and only rarely once, an old or sick animal turns into a feared "Man-killer."

Hunt-behavior The tiger usually waylays its loot at a water hole, then sneaks until on few meters at its victim along and kills it in the raid-good Ansprung afterwards. it kills bigger animals, who have powerful neck-fuss at their disposal, through a Kehlbiß and subsequent adherence until the death occurs through bleeding to death. Smaller is killed by neck-bite and paw-hits. After the rip, the tiger tows its loot preferably in water-proximity and hides everything, which it immediately doesn't consume, under foliage and branches, therefore on the following days aufzufressen.

Reproduction The combination-time is not tied at a certain season mostly. During the Ranz, males and females stay together and umschmeicheln itself through together-shredders and especially frequent "Köpfchengeben." With the combination-act even, the tigress crouches on the ground, and the tomcat holds on to it with one neck-bite. Directly after the union, the tomcat must watch, that it breaks away from the partner, since this immediately directs a vehement paw-blow to its head after backwards, that aimed, would land. A male tiger covers each brünstige female, whom it finds in its area. Meet another male on this occasion it, vehement fights can occur.

After a Tragzeit of 95-114 days, the female brings to the world, that suckles it 5-6 months, 2-4 kids. In the birth, the boys weigh 800-1600 g. they open the eyes after 3-10 days and leave the throw-camp for the first time after 40-45 days. They eat the first solid food with 55-60 days. Until the age of 11 months, the boys stay with the mother, with whom they go to the hunt. They stay together after it in so-called child-families still for a short time. Occasionally, the boys also should stay with the mother, who then rears a throw only in the distance of 3-4 years, up to 2-3 years, however.