3. The tiger is the largest member of the Felidae family
Genus Panthera are called roaring cats because they
have an incompletely ossified hyoid apparatus
Historic tiger range ran from Turkey through South &
South-East Asia to the eastern part of the continent
Today they are only found in South & South-East
Asia, China & Russia
In the early 1900s there were 100000 tigers
throughout their range
Today approximately 3200 exist in the wild
5. Length: 4.6-12.2 ft.
Height: 3-3.5 ft.
Weight: 220-675 pounds
Colors and markings: Orange with a white belly
and black stripes
Shape: oval body that is low to the ground
11. Tigers live in Asia. Larger subspecies, such as the
Siberian tiger, tend to live in Northern, colder areas,
such as Eastern Russia and North-Eastern China.
Smaller subspecies live in Southern, warmer
countries, such as India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan,
Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and
Indonesia
They live in arid forests, flooded mangrove forests,
tropical forests and taiga, depending on the
subspecies
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13. All subspecies of tigers are extremely territorial
Tigers mostly live solitary lives with exception of when
they are courting, mating, or raising their offspring in
case of females
Nocturnal in nature
Tiger's stripes are like fingerprints, each tiger has
different stripes
Tigers have retractable claws that are covered by an
envelop when retracted
Males have wider forepaw pads than females, enabling
gender to be told from tracks
14. Tigresses are smaller than the males in each
subspecies
Average speed of tiger is around 56-64 km/h
A tiger can leap forward up to 33 feet at a time
Unlike other felids tigers are excellent swimmers and
are often found during the day relaxing in ponds,
streams, and rivers. They are even
capable to carry prey through water
Tigers have 30 teeth in total. The dental
formula is I3/3 C1/1 P3/2 M1/1
15. Tigers typically live 14 to 18 years
Mothers guard their young so that the
wandering males don't eat them
16. Tigers are sexually dimorphic species
Although tigers can mate throughout the year,
copulation usually happens between November and
April
Females reach sexual maturity at around three to
four years of age, while males are a little older, at an
average of four or five years old
17. Females usually wait about 2.5 years between
pregnancies
Gestation period is 103 days
3-4 cubs are born in a litter
Cubs come out of den in 8 weeks
At 2 years old, the cubs will set out on their own, and
their mother will have another set of cubs
18. All tigers are carnivores
Most of a tiger's diet consists of large prey, such
as pigs, deer, rhinos or elephant calves.
To kill their prey, tigers will clamp down on the
animal's neck with their jaws and suffocate the
animal
19. There are two methods of restraining tiger:
1. Physical method
a) Confinement (Squeeze cages, special bags &
towels)
b) Physical barriers (shields and blankets)
c) Arms and nets
Squeeze cage
20. 2. Chemical method
Mainly blowgun tranquilization is prefered
Usually Tilazol (Tiletamine HCl and Zolazepam HCl) is used as
2-7 mg/kg bw, IM
Acts within 10 to 15 min & recovers after 4hrs
23. There is about 3200; around 1411 Bengal tigers, about 450
Siberian and the same with Sumatran, Indo-Chinese is
anywhere between 1100 and 1800, and the South China tiger
is close to none, to be precise, less than 20
Just 440 tiger left in Bangladesh according to the latest survey
The illegal poaching of tigers for their parts and destruction of
their habitat are the biggest challenges faced in the fight to
save tigers
The Corbett Foundation, Big Cat Rescue, Global Tiger Forum,
Asian Conservation Awareness Programme
The mission of saving the tigers will succeed only if measures
are taken with full initiative and care
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25. Fowler, M.E. ; Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine
Fowler, M.E. ; Restraint and Handling of Wild and
Domestic Animals
http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife
http://www.habitat/wildlife/tiger.php
http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/taxonomy2.html
http://www.zooschool.ersd.net/Tiger.html
26. Special Thanks to
Dr. Md. Ariful Islam
Associate Professor
Departmentof Medicine
Dr. Mst. Sonia Parvin
Assistant Professor
Departmentof Medicine
