Wild Tigers diets are staples sambar deer, wild pigs, water buffalo and antelope .Also known to attack sloth bear, dogs, leopards, crocodiles and pythons as well as monkeys and hares. Old and injured tigers have been known to attack humans and domestic cattle.
Historic wild tigers range ran from Turkey through South and Southeast Asia to the far eastern shores of the continent. Tigers are only found in South and Southeast Asia, China and the Russian Far East. They occupy a variety of habitats from tropical forests, evergreen forests, woodlands and mangrove swamps to grasslands savannah and rocky country. Wild Tigers are mostly nocturnal and are ambush predators that rely on the camouflage their stripes provide.
Wild Tigers use their body weight to knock prey to the ground and kills with a bite to the neck. Human encroachment into tiger habitat also decreases prey animals. Wild Tigers are also very good swimmers and have been known to kill prey while swimming. There is also large scale habitat loss due to human population growth and expansion. Wild Tigers are illegally killed or poached because their pelts are valuable in the black market trade, their body parts are used in traditional Asian medicines and they are seen as threats to human communities.
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The wild tigers are the largest member of cat family. They sport long, thick reddish coats with white bellies and white and black tails. Wild Tigers heads, bodies, tails and limbs have narrow black, brown or gray stripes. There were once nine subspecies of wild tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. The male of all wild tigers weighs from 400 to 675 lbs and female of all wild tigers are smaller than the males and life span is short.
The wild tigers are the largest member of cat family. They sport long, thick reddish coats with white bellies and white and black tails. Wild Tigers heads, bodies, tails and limbs have narrow black, brown or gray stripes. There were once nine subspecies of wild tigers: Bengal, Siberian, Indochinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, Malayan, Caspian, Javan and Bali. The male of all wild tigers weighs from 400 to 675 lbs and female of all wild tigers are smaller than the males and life span is short.
