Características:
No suele superar los 3 metros de longitud, con la cola incluida. Las hembras son más pequeñas que los machos. Es un animal carnívoro, se alimenta de animales salvajes, domésticos, vertebrados inferiores e incluso peces.
Vive en...
Vive en bosques, junglas y en Asia, desde Irán hasta Siberia meridional, Java y Sumatra. Prefiere lugares con vegetación densa, cómo selvas lluviosas, y su camuflaje le permite ocultarse de sus presas en esos lugares (su pelaje es su camuflaje).
Estado de conservación:
Está seriamente amenazado; En la actualidad, su mayor enemigo es el ser humano, la caza ilegal para la obtención de su piel y la destrucción de su habitad, han reducido considerablemente el numero de ejemplares.
Datos Curiosos:
- Las rayas le hacen ser poco visible entre la hierva. Suele tener menos de 100 rayas; Las rayas son diferentes por cada individuo.
- Una de las características más comunes de los felinos es la capacidad de sacar y esconder sus garras. Se debe a que poseen "uñas retráctiles", lo que usan y aprovechan los tigres para que una de sus principales armas de caza esté protegida.
- Al igual que el jaguar, los tigres son excelentes nadadores.
Traducción/une traduction:
Characteristics:
It is not in the habit of overcoming 3 meters of length, with the included
tail. The females are smaller than the males. It is a carnivorous animal, feeds of wild, domestic animals, low vertebrates and enclosedly fish.
It lives in...
It lives in forests, jungles and in Asia, from Iran up to southern Siberia, Java and Sumatra. He prefers places with dense vegetation, how rainy jungles, and his camouflage allows him to hide of his preys in these places (his hair is his camouflage).
State of conservation:
It is seriously threatened; At present, his major enemy is the human being, the illegal hunt for the obtaining of his skin and the destruction of his live, they have reduced considerably the press-run figure.
Curious information
- The stripes make him a slightly visible being between her boil. It is in the habit of having less than 100 stripes; The stripes are different for every individual.
- One of the most common characteristics of the felines is the aptitude to extract and hide his claws. It owes to that they possess " retractable nails ", of which the tigers use and take advantage in order that one of his principal weapon of hunt is protected.
- As the jaguar, the tigers are excellent swimmers.
