Mizzou Tigers for Tigers - Tiger Facts Image Use Viewed best with QuickTime 3.0. The Bengal has the largest population among the remaining tiger subspecies. Historically, Bengal tigers lived in all regions of India, from the snow-covered Himalayas at elevations of 10,000 feet, to the tropical rain forests of Cape Cormorin. Tigers may inhabit high-mountain terrain, mountain steppes, dry tropical forests, humid evergreen forests and mangrove swamps.
Tigers are the largest living cat species in the world.
Siberian tigers are generally the heaviest, with males often weighing more than 600 pounds. Sumatran tigers are the lightest, with males weighing only about 250 pounds. The average male Bengal tiger is nine feet to nine and one-half feet long. Females typically grow to eight and one-half feet in length. Males weigh 400 to 500 pounds and females average 300 to 400 pounds.