It has black stripes on the head,body,and tail. The best known variety of tiger is the Royal Bengal. A full grown male weighs as much as 500 pounds and may be 10 feet long, including the 3-foot tail. Females are smaller,about 8 feet in length. Female Bengals weigh about 300 pounds.
Most Bengal tigers live in India.
The estimated wild population is 3,060-4,735 tigers. They are not a seperate subspecies of tiger. White tigers have blue eyes, a pink nose, and creamy white fur with chocolate colored stripes. White tigers are only born when two tigers that both carry the unusual gene for white coloring mate. Wild white tigers are very rare,and today can only be seen in zoos.