Royal Bengal Tiger and White Tiger Facts

The Tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. Tigers can eat upto 27kilos of meat in one night. The Bengal tiger is called Panthera tigris tigris. 

Royal Bengal Tigers can have an incredible size ranging in length from under 6 feet to over 9 feet, while the length of its tail can be over 3 feet. The Tigers have an incredible vision, his vision is enhanced by a reflective layer behind the retina called the tapetum, in which light reflects off the retina, enabling tigers to see six times better than humans. Begal tiger is classified as endangered by IUCN. The threat of poaching due to the demand for tiger bones and other body parts in traditional Chinese medicine is still a pressing issue.Tigers are carnivores. Bengal tigers live in India and are sometimes called Indian tigers. They prefer to hunt large ungulates such as chital, sambar, gaur, and to a lesser extent Barasingha, water buffalo, nilgai and takin. A tiger's roar can be heard as far as 3 km away. The tiger is one of the animals displayed on the Pashupati seal of the Indus Valley Civilisation. The Bengal tiger is the national animal of Bangladesh and India. The team from Kolkata in the Indian Cricket League is called the Royal Bengal Tigers.

White Tiger  

The white tiger is a recessive mutant of the Bengal tiger, which was reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially of the old state of Rewa. Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal Tiger subspecies, also known as the Royal Bengal or Indian tiger. Outcrossing is a way of bringing fresh blood into the white strain.  The white tigers Ranjit, Bharat, Priya and Bhim were all outcrossed.