Tigers are a very large species of cat.
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Description[]
Tigers can, and like to swim, although its relatives, like the common house cat don't. They have stripes on their sides and are usaully orange, although sometimes, their white.
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 m and weighing up to 306 kg. Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.
Distribution[]
Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2 (457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.