White Tiger

White Tiger, known as the Bengal Tiger has the Latin name is Panthera Tigris Tigris.
White tiger habitat in the wild are located in India and the surrounding region. Although
the fur color is white, does not mean that white tigers are albinos animal. So that white
tigers can still be mated with a normal tiger species.
The color white is owned by a tiger is caused by a recessive gene that produces a
pale color. White tigers have a pink nose, pink legs also centers, ice blue-eyed, white
and fluffy white or black stripes of yellow, brown or gray.
White tigers tend to have a larger body size compared to orange tigers without the
white gene. Adult male white tiger can have a body length reaches 270 cm with a
weight reached 221 kg.

White tiger is a solitary animal species reclusive. But most of them will pair when
hunting. Their hunting time is usually late afternoon time of the day. White tiger prey in
the wild, among others mammals were like deer, wild boar to small animals such as
reptiles, birds and monkeys.

White Tiger gestation period of about 104 to 106 days. Typically in a delivery, they can
give birth to 2-4 puppies. But more often give birth to three puppies tails weighing 701
to 1600 g.
White tiger habitats include lowland forest to upland forest. With a maximum height of
2000 m above sea level. The spread of white tigers, among others, Bhutan, China,
India, Bangladesh and Nepal.

It is estimated there are hundreds of white tigers in captivity around the world, which in
India alone there are approximately 100 individuals. The good news, white tiger ern
white tiger subspecies include true Bengal nd Bengal-Siberian mix.