2. BENGAL TIGER FACTS
• Scientific Name – Pathera Tigris Tigris
• A full grown male Bengal Tiger can weigh up to 190 kg.
• The Bengal Tiger has the longest canine among meat-eating mammals.
• The Bengal Tigers can climb trees and are great swimmers.
• The oldest Bengal Tiger fossil was found in Sri Lanka and it has been dated to 16,500 years
ago.
5. CASPIAN TIGER FACTS
• Scientific Name – Panthera Tigris Virgata (They are now Extinct)
• The Caspian Tiger reached up to 226 kg and had an average body length of
approximately 3 meters
• If the Caspian Tiger had been left to live its life without human interference, it had a life
expectancy of 10-15 years
• The Caspian Tiger was found living in the wild until the 1970s when it is believed the last
one died, their disappearance from the earth was a combination of hunting and
destruction of their habitat.
