Animals tiger 28. Inside the head draw two intersecting lines that will help you place the tigers facial features. Tigers are the largest of all wild cats and are renowned for their power and strength. Draw a smaller circle above the left circle as a guide for the tigers head. All five remaining tiger subspecies are at risk and many protection programs are in place.
Largest cat of the subfamily pantherinae. Tigers are hunted as trophies and also for body parts that are used in traditional chinese medicine. Draw two small arcs for ears on top of the tigers head. Ranking as the third animal in the chinese zodiac tigers are the symbol of brave.
Then we are introduced to the many types of tigers bengal or indian indochinese corbetts tigers malayan siberian amur south china chineseamoyxiamen sumatran white tigers and the ligers and tigons which as the names suggest are the offspring of a father lion and mother tiger or a father tiger and mother lion. 3 tigers are solitary hunters and generally search for food alone at night. Chinese zodiac tiger. The species is classified in the genus panthera with the lion leopard jaguar and snow leopard.
Draw a couple of lines that connect the circles to form the tigers body. A special liking for porcupines despite the danger of injury from their quills is an exception. They mainly feed on large mammals such as deer wild pigs antelope and buffalo. Coloring page 28 tiger animals 28 easily recognizable by its red fur striped with black the tiger is the largest wild cat and one of the largest terrestrial carnivores.
People born in the year of the tiger are friendly brave competitive charming and endowed with good luck and authority. With indomitable fortitude and great confidence the tiger people can be competent leaders. The tiger usually hunts by night and preys on a variety of animals but it prefers fairly large prey such as deer sambar chital and swamp deer and wild pigs. There were once nine tiger subspecies but three became extinct during the 20th century.
Over the last hundred years hunting and forest destruction have reduced overall tiger populations dramatically. The tiger panthera tigris is the largest cat species most recognizable for its pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish orange fur with a lighter underside.