Tiger

The rise fall and triumphant return of golf legend tiger woods will be examined in tiger hbo s upcoming two part documentary.

Tiger. The demand for tiger bones and other body parts used in traditional asian medicines is also contributing to the tiger s decline. It lives in asia mainly india bhutan china korea and siberian russia. Tiger largest member of the cat family felidae rivaled only by the lion in strength and ferocity. The tiger panthera tigris is the largest extant cat species and a member of the genus panthera it is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange brown fur with a lighter underside.

Despite the work of many governments and scientists to decrease demand by educating the public about other sources for these medical compounds an illegal market for tiger parts persists. Tigers have orange fur with black stripes and a white belly. It feeds by hunting. It is an apex predator primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and wild boar it is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator requiring large contiguous areas of habitat which.

Tigers are solitary animals. Weight is 160 230 kg 350 500 pounds. The largest of all the asian big cats tigers rely primarily on sight and sound rather than smell for hunting. Males are larger than females and may attain a shoulder height of about 1 meter about 3 feet and a length of about 2 2 meters excluding a tail of about 1 meter.

The tiger panthera tigris is the largest living member of the cat family the felidae. The black stripes usually extend to the white underside. A tiger can consume more than 80 pounds of meat at one time. The premium cabler released the trailer for the documentary.