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*Tony the Tiger - a corporate icon associated with [[breakfast cereal]]. | *Tony the Tiger - a corporate icon associated with [[breakfast cereal]]. | ||
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*The [[Detroit Tigers]] of Major League Baseball. | *The [[Detroit Tigers]] of Major League Baseball. | ||
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*The [[Cincinnati Bengals]] of the [[National Football League]]. | *The [[Cincinnati Bengals]] of the [[National Football League]]. | ||
*Tassie Tigers cricket team. | *Tassie Tigers cricket team. | ||
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| + | *[[Tiger Woods]], the greatest golfer of his generation. | ||
*Tiger-Tiger [[ice cream]], a delicious blend of licorice and orange ice cream. | *Tiger-Tiger [[ice cream]], a delicious blend of licorice and orange ice cream. | ||
Revision as of 19:00, February 6, 2009
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom Information | |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum Information | |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class Information | |
| Class | Mammalia |
| Order Information | |
| Order | Carnivora |
| Family Information | |
| Family | Felidae |
| Genus Information | |
| Genus | Panthera |
| Species Information | |
| Species | P. tigris |
| Population statistics | |
The Tiger is a large, striped feline, a member of the Panthera Genus, and largest of the Big Cats found in the wild. Formerly found across much of Asia, much of its habitat is restricted in its range. Several species of tiger are endangered including the Siberian and South China tigers. The Javan, Balinese and Caspian varieties of tiger are now extinct. The biggest habitat is Malaysia, where plenty of wild tigers still roam.
Habits
Tigers are solitary predators, capable of easily killing prey as large as a buffalo or a yak, or as small as a rabbit or lemur. They can sometimes kill domestic livestock, including cattle. These predatory acts are a common justification for the hunting of tigers to near extinction.
Tigers are almost unique among the great cats in that they are fond of swimming. Though not as arboreal as the leopard, they can climb trees. They can jump almost their entire body length and some can run as fast as 40 miles per hour.
Man-eating tigers
There have been numerous historical cases of man-eating tigers; sometimes claiming hundreds of victims. However, the animals involved were often found to have been injured, frequently by porcupines or gunshot wounds, and healthy tigers do not generally eat people.
Famous tigers in literature and popular culture
- Tigger - in A.A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
- Sher Khan - in Kipling's The Jungle Book.
- Hobbes - in the comic Calvin and Hobbes.
- Tony the Tiger - a corporate icon associated with breakfast cereal.
- The Esso Tiger - in Canada the official symbol for Imperial Oil.
- The Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball.
- The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
- Tassie Tigers cricket team.
- Tiger Woods, the greatest golfer of his generation.
- Tiger-Tiger ice cream, a delicious blend of licorice and orange ice cream.
- And the most literary of all - William Blake's:
- Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
- In the forests of the night,
- What immortal hand or eye
- Can frame thy fearful symmetry?