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The range of Tigers once extended across Asia from eastern Turkey,northern Iran and Afghanistan. Tigers were also found in the Indus valley of Pakistan,Laos ,Thailand, Vietnam,Cambodia,Malaysia and the islands of Java and Bali. Tigers are now extinct or nearly extinct in most of these areas. Relatively stable populations
remain in northeastern China,Korea,Russia and the Himalayan region.
There are 8 recognized species of Tiger .Siberian Tigers are only found in small part of Russia,Bengal Tigers are found in India, Bangladesh,Nepal and China Indochinese Tigers live in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam China Tigers, are found in three areas in south central China.
Sumatran Tigers are found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra . Bali Tigers
javan Tigers and Caspian Tigers are thought to be extinct .
Tigers in a variety of habitats from woodland,topical lowland and evergreen forest to rocky country tall grass jungle,dry savanna and mangrove swamps. Tigers can cope with a board range of climates, From warm moist areas to areas of cold snowfall which can have temperatures of -40 Celsius, Tigers have been found at heights of 3,960 meters . Tigers can live nearly anywhere if they have some vegetation source of water and prey.
Tigers have a reddish orange coat with straight black stripes across their shoulders that vary in size and length. Some species of Tiger have paler
fur and some have fully white fur with either black or brown stripes across the shoulders .The underside of the belly,chest,throat and muzzle are white or light. White is found above the eyes,A white spot is found behind the ear. The dark lines around the eyes are tend to be symmetrical but the marks on each side of the face are usually asymmetrical,The tail is a reddish orange ringed with many black stripes.
Body weight varies quite a lot among the species of tiger. Siberian tigers, also known at Amur tige11111rs are the largest, Male Siberian tigers can grow up to 3.7 meters and weigh over 421kg, females grow up to 2.4 meters and 168kg!
Male Indochinese tigers are smaller then Siberian tigers at 2.85 meters and 195kg, have the longest skulls of all species of tiger. Sumatran tigers are the smallest living species of tiger. male Sumatran measure at 2.38 meters and weigh 136kg, females measure 1.98 meters and weigh only 91kg.
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