Nature forests animals tigers white tiger. Still parks and nature reserves actually protect and conserve their numbers and need to be supported. Animals forests nature tiger tigers white 1920x1080 189493. White tigers are solitary animals. Because of their carnivorous nature white tigers predominantly feed on medium or large sized animals such as chital wild boar nilgai buffalo gaur sambar and barasingha.
See more ideas about nature animals tigers and wild animals. They meet only during mating season. Tigers are solitary animals. White tigers are neither a sub species nor are they albinos.
The white tiger is a rare variety of the bengal tiger which is found throughout the indian subcontinent. Tiger facts for kids. These tigers have white fur with stripes and blue eyes. The white fur caused by a lack of the pigment pheomelanin which is found in bengal tigers with orange color furwhen compared to bengal tigers the white bengal tigers tend to grow faster and heavier than the orange bengal tiger.
They are bengal tigers whose parents carry a recessive gene that controls coat colour. This is not optimal as tigers love to roam vast plains or jungles. Africa europe and america are not the natural habitats for tigers. Extremely rare in the wild because of their lack of camouflage skills their genealogy starts with mohan captured in the forests of madhya pradesh central india in 1951 by the maharaja of rewa.
While tiger populations around the world are crashing tiger numbers in a remote nature reserve in sumatra indonesia are increasing. The white bengal tigers are distinctive due to the color of their fur. It is the same as a regular bengal tiger but has white fur with black stripes. White tigers are special kind of tigers that appears rarely in the nature.
White tiger feeding ecology and diet. Bengal tiger defined by iucn as endangered animals. White tigers are extremely rare in the wild particularly because they are hunted as trophies and for the exotic pet trade. However tigers survive remarkably well in captivity.