Danny

 Tigers that are endargered

**Kingdom:** Animalia __ Appearance: __ No one knows exactly why tigers are striped, but scientists think that the stripes act as camouflage, and help tigers hide from their prey while they hunt. Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints; no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes. Most tigers have an orange coat with dark brown or black stripes accented with white. Tigers that live in cold climates (Siberian tigers) have thicker fur than tigers that live in warm climates. A tiger's tail is 3 to 4 feet long, about half as long as its body. Tigers use their tails for balance when they run through fast turns. They also use their tails to communicate with other tigers. A tiger's paw prints are called //pug marks//. __ Appearance: __ No one knows exactly why tigers are striped, but scientists think that the stripes act as camouflage, and help tigers hide from their prey while they hunt. Tiger stripes are like human fingerprints; no two tigers have the same pattern of stripes. Most tigers have an orange coat with dark brown or black stripes accented with white. Tigers that live in cold climates (Siberian tigers) have thicker fur than tigers that live in warm climates. A tiger's tail is 3 to 4 feet long, about half as long as its body. Tigers use their tails for balance when they run through fast turns. They also use their tails to communicate with other tigers. A tiger's paw prints are called //pug ma//
 * Phylum:** Chordata
 * Class:** Mammalia
 * Order:** Carnivora
 * Family:** Felidae
 * Subfamily:** Panthernae
 * Genus/Species:** //Panthera tigris//

Only about 5,000 to 7,400 tigers are left in the wild. Three tiger subspecies, the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.


 * Siberian Tiger ||  || Siberia in Russia, north east China and maybe North Korea. ||   || Less than 250 ||   || 652 in 208 collections ||

Female tigers reach maturity when they are about 3 years old, males a year or so later. In temperate climates, a tigress comes into estrus (heat) only seasonally; however in tropical climates, she may come into estrus throughout the year (unless she is pregnant, or is raising cubs).
 * Habits:** Unlike some big cats like lions, adult tigers like to live alone (except for mother tigers with cubs). This is partly because in the forest, a single tiger can sneak up and surprise its prey better than a group of tigers can.
 * Reproduction and Rearing**

I really injoyed doing research on the tigers because I really love how tigers hunt and climb, like I couldn't believe how they climb a tree when they are like 300 to 500 pounds, amazing is what I said when i found that out. I also couldn't believe how few tigers they are lelf, only 250 to 400 are in some countys, not to many I know. Tigers wose enamy is human that I didn't konw eather, then again I didn't know alot about tigers intill I did research on them and found out that they are endargered. Some people are trying to help the tigers out but most people are killing them for their fur or bones for medison or just to kill them because they don't wont them around, cure is all I have to say. One thing I wiss for is that I would like to have a tiger as a pet, "yes i said that a pet" I mean you'ld have to get a tiger when it's a little baby though then I would the coolest pet ever.I hope we can do a project on animals again and learn something new.