The Species in the Cat Family

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The Species in the Cat Family There are many species in the large cat family. One such large cat is the endangered Bengal tiger. The Bengal tiger is most well known for the white fur of its more rare type, but it is in fact not an albino animal because of its pigmented stripes. The stripes of a tiger are all different. No two tigers have the same style of stripes. The tiger is a rare species that once had eight sub-species to its name. Now, however, the count of subspecies has been brought down to five due to the poachers who hunt these beloved animals. The four other species of tiger are the Siberian, South China, Indochinese, and Sumataran tigers[1]. All of these sub-species usually have reddish orange fur with mostly vertical black, brown, or gray stripes. There are some rare tigers that are actually white-furred and have piercing blue eyes. At full maturity a male tiger usually reaches the weight of five hundred pounds. The female is usually a bit lighter coming in at three hundred pounds.

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