Top 20 Fun Facts About Tigers

 Tigers have long fascinated people for their agility, super strength, and unique hunting methods. For centuries tigers have adapted to dominate the ecological niche of the rainforest. Many people especially kids would love to know just about anything tigers do in their natural habitat. That is why we are bringing you some of the most amazing and fun tiger facts for kids.


The Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) is the only big cat that lives in the forests of Russia. The tiger is adapted to living in the cold habitat. An isolated population is also found in the eastern Mongolia, Korea, and Russian Far East. There are only few Siberian cats living in the wild habitats with only 480-540 individuals surviving. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed Siberian tiger as a critically endangered species.


Tigers are not only the biggest living cats they are also one of the largest carnivorous land mammals-second only to polar bears.

Every tiger has unique stripes on her body. No single individual resembles the other in her stripes. It is just like human's fingerprints.

There are three extinct species: Bali tiger, Caspian tiger, and Javan tiger. White tiger is not a recognized subspecies; it is a pigment variant of Bengal tiger.

Unlike any other cat tigers are remarkable swimmers. They can even chase the prey in water. This is one of her traits that make tiger the most deadly land predator.

Big cats are crepuscular hunters in that they remain active during dusk or in the early hours of darkness. They possess keen eyesight with the help of which the animal see things quite clearly at night.

While Siberian cats are the largest subspecies Malayan tigers are the smallest of the living cats. The South China tiger is possibly the rarest of all cats.




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