facts about a tiger's life cycle

Tiger

Family : Felidae

Class     : Mammalia

Order    : Carnivora

Kingdom : Animalia

Genus       : Panthera

Phylum    : Chordata

Types of  Tigers

• Bengal tiger

• Siberian tiger

• Sumatran tiger

• Caspian tiger

• Javan tiger
• South china tiger
• Malayan tiger
• Indochinese tiger
• Bali tiger

Tigers are the most largest member of  the cat family. Tigers are the sign of  beauty , power and importance of  conservation. Tigers are evolved into six subspecies. When the earliest known tiger ancestor left Africa ventured into Asia over time the big cat split into nine subspecies with 6 still alive today.
The most numerous subspecies is the Bengal tiger accounting for approximately 50% of  tiger population world wide. Tigers are the world's largest cats. Tigers have more muscle mass and are therefore heavier. Tigers have webbed toes often living near bodies of water. Tigers have adapted for a semi - aquatic lifestyle they appeared to enjoy being in the water unlike cats and are excellent swimmers using their powerful muscles to propel their bodies in the water they've also evolved to have  webbing between their toes.
The webbing allows the big cats to push around the greater volume of water with each stroke of their paws. White tigers are the type of  Bengal tiger the classic black and orange coloration of  most tiger is caused by the pigments eumelanin which turns fur black and pheomelanin which turns fur orange the production of  pheomelanin is triggered by the gene slc for 5a - white carry a mutated version of  this gene which prevents them from reducing orange pigmentation. The world's tiger population declined by about 96% over the few decades programs have been put in place to tigers and habitats with the help of global community tiger population may slowly rebound.

The most beautiful tiger in the world?

Machli . Machli known as The Queen of Ranthambore or Queen Mother of  Tigers

She is most photographed tiger in the world.

  Born - may 1996 Sawai Madhopur in India

Died - 18 - Aug- 2016 (age 20 )

Offspring - 11 

Machli (Queen Mother of  Tigers)

Weight 

• 90 to 310 kg (Adult male)

• 65 to  170 kg (Adult female)

Size

• Male :2.5 – 3.9 m (Adult)

• Female: 2 – 2.8 m (Adult)

Lifespan

• 10 - 15 years

Habitats

• India , Asia , and Russia

• Mountains, forests, mangrove Swamps, Rain forests savanna and grasslands.

Food and Water

• Deer, Pigs, and Buffalo (Depending on their habitat)

• Water - 20 gallon  ( 75 ltr) / Day 

Gestation period

• 93 - 112 days'

Speed/ hour

• 49 - 65 km/ hour

Main reasons of decreasing population of tigers 

• Deforestation
• Poaching
• Habitat loss