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                                                            White Tigers

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          Here is a link for a page like mine Tigers ,cats, the saber tooth tigerLeopards, kittens, and Lions.

 

 

 

     "An article appeared in the Miscellaneous Notes of the Journal Of The Bombay Natural History Society on November 15, 1909, which reported that a white tigress was shot in the Mulin Sub-Division Forest of the Dhenkanal State in Orissa. The report originally appeared in the Indian Forester in May 1909, and was made by Mr. Bavis Singh, Forest Officer. The ground color of the white tigress was described as pure white and the stripes as deep reddish-black. It was shot over a buffalo kill and "was in good condition not showing any signs of disease." Col. F.T. Pollock wrote in Wild Sports of Burma and Assam, "Occasionally white tigers are met with. I saw a magnificent skin of one at Edwin Wards in Wimpole Street, and Mr. Shadwall, Assistant Commissioner in Cossyah and Jynteah Hills, also has two skins quite white. The Maharaja of Kuch-Behar also possesses a white tiger-skin."The white tiger exhibited at Exeter Change in London in 1820 was the first white tiger in Europe. white tiger is a tiger with a recessive gene that creates the pale coloration. Another genetic characteristic makes the stripes of the tiger very pale; white tigers of this type are called snow-white or "pure white". White tigers are not albinos and do not constitute a separate subspecies of their own and can breed with orange ones, although (approx.) half of the resulting offspring will be heterozygous for the recessive white gene, and their fur will be orange. The only exception would be if the orange parent was itself already a heterozygous tiger, which would give each cub a 50% chance of being either double-recessive white or heterozygous orange. If two heterozygous tigers, or heterozygotes, breed on average 25% of their offspring will be white, 50% will be heterozygous orange (white gene carriers) and 25% will be homozygous orange, with no white genes. In the 1970s a pair of heterozygous orange tigers named Sashi and Ravi produced 13 cubs in Alipore Zoo, of which 3 were white. If two white tigers breed, 100% of their cubs will be homozygous white tigers. A tiger which is homozygous for the white gene may also be heterozygous or homozygous for many different genes. The question of whether a tiger is heterozygous (a heterozygote) or homozygous (a homozygote) depends on the context of which gene is being discussed. Inbreeding promotes homozygous and has been used as a strategy to produce white tigers." From wikipedia

 

 

White Siberian Tigers

 

 

 

     The existence of pure white Siberian tigers has not been scientifically prove, despite occasional reports of sightings of white tigers in the regions where wild Siberian tigers live. It is possible that the gene for white coating does not exist in the Siberian tiger population, there has none for decades. The wild Siberian tiger population nearly went extinct during the middle of the 20th century, so it is also possible that the Siberian tigers carrying the gene for white coating died out during this period. More research is necessary before scientists can fully understand the genetic make up of the Siberian tiger. The famous white Siberian tigers found in captivity are actually not pure Siberian tigers. They are instead the result of Siberian tigers breeding with Bengal tigers. The gene for white coating is quite common among Bengal tigers, but the natural birth of a white Bengal tiger is still a very rare occasion in the wild, where white tigers are not bred selectively. A white tiger is caused by the occurrence of a double recessive allele in the genome. Estimations show that around one in 10,000 wild tiger births will result in a white tiger.

 

 

 

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Stripeless white tigers and golden tabby tigers

 

 

     An additional genetic condition can remove most of the striping of a white tiger, making the animal almost pure white. One such specimen was exhibited at Exeter Change in England in 1820, and described by Georges Cuvier as "A white variety of Tiger is sometimes seen, with the stripes very opaque, and not to be observed except in certain angles of light." Hamilton Smith said, "A wholly white tiger, with the stripe-pattern visible only under reflected light, like the pattern of a white tabby cat, was exhibited in the Exeter Change Menagerie in 1820.", and John George Wood stated that, "a creamy white, with the ordinary tigerine stripes so faintly marked that they were only visible in certain lights." Edwin Henry Landseer also drew this tigress in 1824.

 

 

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Habitat

 

 

     The size of a tiger's territory depends on the amount of food available, and usually ranges from about 10 to 30 square miles (26-78 sq. km). Siberian tigers sometimes have really big territories (as large as 120 square miles). Although tigers usually live alone, tiger territories can overlap. A male tiger's territory usually overlaps those of several female tigers. Today only about 5,000–7,000 wild tigers live across Asia. The northernmost living tiger, the Amur or Siberian tiger, lives primarily in southeastern Russia. The South China tiger occurs only in southern China. The range of the Indochinese tiger extends across most of Southeast Asia. The Bengal tiger is found primarily in India, while the Sumatran tiger is restricted to the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers have become extinct in the past 70 years.

 

 

What They Eat

 

     In answer to the question, "what do white tigers eat", the answer is that they eat the same as orange tigers. So that means there diet is meat such as  "Deer (barking deer, chital deer, swamp deer, hog deer, Rusa deer, Red deer, Sika deer), antelope, buffalo, farm livestock, sambar, young rhino, elephant calves, water buffalo, guar, wapiti, moose, peafowl, monkeys, civets, fish, frogs, crabs, lizards, pythons and vegetation and fruit such as grass and fruit. "

 

Bibliography

 

http://www.youtube.com/ the videos

 

http://www.wikipedia.org/ where I got the information

 

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Comments (16)

seanS said

at 9:31 am on Feb 4, 2010

how is a monkey the father of a white tiger?? LOL

jeremyR said

at 10:12 am on Feb 4, 2010

how did you find that video

stevenV said

at 9:29 am on Feb 9, 2010

youtube

anthonyP said

at 9:46 am on Feb 9, 2010

the tigers are funny

jeremyR said

at 9:48 am on Feb 9, 2010

You should explain your videos more and write more about where white tigers live.

stevenV said

at 9:57 am on Feb 9, 2010

what monkey

taeohC said

at 10:07 am on Feb 9, 2010

It's good

ericP said

at 12:19 pm on Feb 9, 2010

What do white tigers eat and are they anymore different than regular tigers. Good info on the genetics though.What is their habitat? And do they live in packs. Nice vids though

dylanT said

at 12:53 pm on Feb 9, 2010

yah what do they eatt????? haha kool videossss

kevinM said

at 1:05 pm on Feb 9, 2010

It has a great micture of pictures videos and information but you need to spread out those videos because thay are all lined up to each other.

adamW said

at 4:56 pm on Feb 9, 2010

hmmm...kevan's right
everything is too close to each other >.<

adamW said

at 4:58 pm on Feb 9, 2010

and maybe you should put the videos at the end, or the beginning

taeohC said

at 1:18 am on Feb 10, 2010

You might want to add some informations about their habitats, their structures, and others.
Also, you might wan't to explain your images and videos too.
but overall, your page is great. :)

catherineC said

at 9:49 pm on Feb 16, 2010

Hi steven!
your page is very good so far!!! i like all the videos and information. I also like the different colors. You should include some pictures as well. Also talk about what they eat, and stuff like that.

siwonC said

at 9:25 pm on Feb 18, 2010

Nice job on your page! You put up a lot of information!

Stanly Martin said

at 6:33 pm on Mar 13, 2010

Steven, too much of your information was written by someone else.
3.5 points

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