Biology Term Paper - Tigers

Title: Biology Term Paper - Tigers
Category: Science & Technology
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Biology Term Paper - Tigers

The tiger is part of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Carnivora, family Felidae, subfamily Panthernae, genus/species Panthera tigris. Tigers have round pupils and yellow irises (except for the blue eyes of white tigers). Due to a retinal adaptation that reflects light back to the retina, the night vision of tigers is six times better than that of humans. Like domestic cats, tiger claws are retractable. Tiger scratches on trees serve as territorial markers. …showed first 75 words of 2128 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 2128 total…being poached is unknown, some sources have estimated that one tiger a day is being killed in India. Table A Status of the Tiger in 1997 Tiger Sub-species Minimum Maximum BENGAL (INDIAN) TIGER P.t. tigris (Linnaeus 1758) 3,060 4,735 Bangladesh 300 460 Bhutan 50 240 China 30 35 India 2,500 3,750 Myanmar Present Nepal 180 250 CASPIAN (HYRCANIAN/TURAN) TIGER P.t. virgata (Illiger 1815) Formerly Afghanistan Iran Chinese and Russian Turkestan Turkey EXTINCT 1970s - SIBERIAN (AMUR/USSURI/NORTH-EAST CHINA/MANCHURIAN) TIGER P.t. altaica (Temminck 1844) 437 506 China 12 20 Korea (North)

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