Admired for its strength and beauty. Yet, like the lion, a tiger is known to avoid people. Not living as a group, the tiger is a solitary animal, but not unfriendly. Two tigers may meet crossing paths, rubbing heads together in a greeting, then a quick departure. Several tigers may share a kill.
Tigers communicate by many sounds including a roar which can be heard for up to two miles.
The fur on the throat, belly and insides of the legs is white. Many tigers have a ruff of hair around the head. Tigers live in almost every region of climate. Found in hot rain forests of Malaya, Dry woods of India and the cold snowy spruce of Manchuria. They survive also in grasslands, swamps and marshes.