Teeger

The teeger (Panthera tigris) also kent tiger, is a member o the Felidae faimlie; the maist muckle o the fower "muckle cats" in the genus Panthera. Native tae maist o eastren an soothren Asie, the teeger is an apex hunter an an obligate cairnivore. Raxin up tae 4 metre (13 ft) in tot lenth an weein up tae 300 kilogram (660 poonds), the lairger teeger subspecies is compearable in bouk tae the maist muckle extinct felids. Aside fae thair great bouk an pouer, thair maist recogneezable featurs is the paitern o daurk vertical strips that owerlays naur-white tae reiddish-orange fur, wi lichter unnerpairts. The lairgest subspecies o teeger is the Siberian teeger.

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Category:Ainimals descrived in 1758
Category:Felids o Indie
Category:Carnivora o Malaysie
Category:Conservation-reliant species
Category:EDGE species
Category:Mammals o Asie
Category:Megafauna o Eurasie
Category:Megafauna o North Asie
Category:Fauna o East Asie
Category:Fauna o Sooth Asie
Category:Fauna o Sootheast Asie
Category:Naitional seembols o Indie
Category:Naitional seembols o Malaysie
Category:Naitional seembols o Singapore
Category:Apex predators