The total length of the tiger's head and body: 1.4 to 2.8 meters; tail length: 0.6 to 0.9 meters. The Siberian tiger is the largest living cat: the male weighs about 180 to 306 kilograms, and the female weighs about 100 to 167 kilograms. Tigers have diverse habitats. Dense vegetation, sufficient prey and water sources are the most important survival conditions for tigers.

Tiger is a carnivore that hunts many kinds of animals for food. It usually hunts from dawn to sunset. It mainly feeds on large mammals such as pigs, deer, antelope, buffalo and Indian bison. Tigers can hunt prey larger than their own size. A tiger weighing about 100 to 250 kilograms can hunt an Indian gaur weighing 900 kilograms. Tigers in the wild can eat forty kilograms of meat at a time. If they are not disturbed, they usually return to the hunting location within three to six days after capturing the prey to enjoy the remaining food until there is not much food left.

Tiger is an expert hunter, but there is a 90% chance of missing when catching prey. It can be seen that under natural conditions, tigers will not cause the extinction of prey, let alone have any impact on the number of prey communities. important impact. However, as humans continue to destroy tiger habitats, cut down and burn vegetation, and hunt the animals that tigers rely on for survival, the survival of tigers is under threat.

Tigers begin to breed when they are three to six years old. They can also mate throughout the year, but mainly from the end of November to the beginning of April. The gestation period lasts about 103 days, and they can give birth to two to two babies each time. Five young chicks. Female tigers reproduce every two to two and a half years and are responsible for raising their young. The cubs can begin to live independently after 18 to 28 months. The longest-lived wild tiger to date is about fifteen and a half years old, and those in captivity can live up to twenty-six years old.

The distribution range of tigers can vary according to their habitat and prey distribution. Taking the distribution range in India as an example, it only covers an area of ??500 to 1,000 square kilometers. The largest distribution range is in eastern Siberia. Approximately 10,500 square kilometers.

The difference between tigers and other cats is that they are good at swimming. In the past, a tiger was recorded swimming up to 29 kilometers.