The appearance, characteristics and living habits of tigers

Living habits of tigers: Tigers often act alone, and only in the breeding season do males and females live together. There are no fixed nests, and most of them wander in the mountains for food. Can swim. Due to the development of forest areas and the surge of population, remote areas have developed into villages and towns in the past, and tigers often forage near forest settlements. Tigers are more active at dusk, more dormant during the day and rarely come out without being disturbed.

Appearance characteristics of the tiger: the tiger has a dignified posture, beautiful fur, round head, wide kiss, big eyes, white beard and black beard at the mouth, about 15 cm long. Canine teeth and claws are extremely sharp, with long and hard whiskers on the mouth, orange background, white abdomen and inner limbs, double rows of black longitudinal stripes on the back, about 10 black rings on the tail and a white area above the eyes, so it is called "white-fronted tiger".

The tiger is one of the most famous animals in the world. They appear in many ancient myths and folklore, modern movies and various media. Their designs can be seen in many flags, heraldry and even mascots in sports competitions. Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and India. Indian zhina Tiger is the national animal of Thailand, and Malaya Tiger is the national animal of Malaysia.

Extended data:

Tigers are unique to Asia. Its distribution range is extremely wide, from coniferous forests in the outer Xing 'an Mountains to open grasslands and then to tropical swamps. They have a strong sense of territory and will divide their own geographical scope and live alone. They usually need a large area of habitat to meet a considerable number of prey.

Accompanied by this fact, its preference for habitats overlaps with some densely populated areas on the earth, which leads to serious conflicts with human interests. Of the nine subspecies of modern tigers, three are extinct, the remaining six are listed as endangered, and some are extremely endangered.

At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about 654.38 million tigers, but now WWF estimates that there are only 2450 tigers left in the world. Although most of the remaining tigers are protected by the government, illegal hunting is still banned. Habitat loss and genetic diversity decline are also great threats. The number of wild tigers in the world is estimated to be 3062 ~ 3948. WWF estimated the number of tigers at 3,200.

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