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Description
Eyes are large with excellent vision. Hearing is good with well developed ear flaps. They have large canine teeth and strong, powerful jaws. Paws are heavily padded; claws are retractable. Coloration is bright fawn to reddish tan, shading to white underneath, and sharply marked with uneven black stripes: a unique pattern for each individual. Fur is short and thick. Whiskers are long with thick individual hairs.

How big does this animal get?
From head to hind legs: 5 feet 10 inches

Standing up: 9 feet 1 inch

Shoulder height: 3 feet or less

Tail length: 36 inches.

When full grown how much does this animal weigh?
350-550 pounds

Where does this animal live?
Habitat

Found throughout India from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin except in the deserts.

Preferred habitats include dense thickets, long grass, or tamarisk shrubs along river banks. Some seem to have special fondness for cover in old ruins.

What does this animal eat?
Carnivorous (meat eater). Diet varies according to locality. Prefers deer, wild pigs, young buffalo, young elephants and cattle in general, any prey over 100 pounds in weight. But when driven by hunger will eat almost anything: fowl, fish, lizards, frogs, crocodiles, carrion, or even humans, on occasion.

Where does this animal get their food?
Hunting method is a slow patient stalk through cover until close enough for the final spring. For prey less than half a tiger 's weight, the killing bite is delivered to the nape of the neck. For larger prey, a throat bite is preferred. Tigers are heavier predators than lions, and average about 50 deer each, per year. Only one hunt in 20 is successful. Man-eating and cattle-killing are usually attributed to older tigers, injured tigers, or young adults unable to leave an over-crowded territory.

How long does this animal live?
About 26 years

How does this animal move?
Fast/slow

Predators

Other information
Cubs weigh under three pounds at birth and are striped. Eyes open in 15-16 days. Litter consists of 1-4 cubs, occasionally up to 6, but it is unusual for more than two or three to survive. Cubs are weaned at 4-6 months but depend on their mother for food and protection for another two years.

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Description	Eyes are large with excellent vision. Hearing is good with well developed ear flaps. They have large canine teeth and strong, powerful jaws. Paws are heavily padded; claws are retractable. Coloration is bright fawn to reddish tan, shading to white underneath, and sharply marked with uneven black stripes: a unique pattern for each individual. Fur is short and thick. Whiskers are long with thick individual hairs.
How big does this animal get?	From head to hind legs: 5 feet 10 inches Standing up: 9 feet 1 inch Shoulder height: 3 feet or less Tail length: 36 inches.
When full grown how much does this animal weigh?	350-550 pounds
Where does this animal live? Habitat	Found throughout India from the Himalayas to Cape Comorin except in the deserts. Preferred habitats include dense thickets, long grass, or tamarisk shrubs along river banks. Some seem to have special fondness for cover in old ruins.
What does this animal eat?	Carnivorous (meat eater). Diet varies according to locality. Prefers deer, wild pigs, young buffalo, young elephants and cattle in general, any prey over 100 pounds in weight. But when driven by hunger will eat almost anything: fowl, fish, lizards, frogs, crocodiles, carrion, or even humans, on occasion.
Where does this animal get their food?	Hunting method is a slow patient stalk through cover until close enough for the final spring. For prey less than half a tiger 's weight, the killing bite is delivered to the nape of the neck. For larger prey, a throat bite is preferred. Tigers are heavier predators than lions, and average about 50 deer each, per year. Only one hunt in 20 is successful. Man-eating and cattle-killing are usually attributed to older tigers, injured tigers, or young adults unable to leave an over-crowded territory.
How long does this animal live?	About 26 years
How does this animal move? Fast/slow
Predators
Other information	Cubs weigh under three pounds at birth and are striped. Eyes open in 15-16 days. Litter consists of 1-4 cubs, occasionally up to 6, but it is unusual for more than two or three to survive. Cubs are weaned at 4-6 months but depend on their mother for food and protection for another two years.