I think I’d better start this discussion by clarifying what a ‘cat species’ is. There are around 37 cat species. The number depends on how you classify them (taxonomy) and there is still some discussion on that topic. All bar one are wild cats. One of the species or subspecies is the domestic cat …
The title is a bit vague because it neither specifies the species of tiger nor the species of dog. The Bengal tiger is the most common and a decent average. It is the species that we think of when we think of tigers. I’ve compared the Bengal tiger with a medium-sized dog (Springer Spaniel) …
Lion and tigers, the two biggest cats have the ability to regard humans as dominant if humans stare into their eyes when under attack by either. If a human stares like this is signals dominance and the cat is taken in by it as it seems they have the ability to perceive us as …
I have written about white and albino tigers before in separate articles. This addresses one issue: the difference between them as the internet seems to be confused as I am seeing white tigers listed under albino tigers. In terms of appearance there is a distinct difference between a white tiger and an albino tiger. …
Yes, Bengal tigers can and do live in snow. The important point in this discussion is that we know that Siberian (Amur) tigers live in snow because they live in the Russian Far East, in Siberia, where temperatures can be incredibly low and there is plenty of snow! But people generally think of Bengal …
The Indian ranger, Susanta Nanda, in his tweet describes this tiger, captured in a camera trap video, as melanistic. I think, in fact, that the tiger is better described as being pseudo-melanistic. This is because the stripes are still visible against the background but the stripes are much thicker and therefore much closer together …
This is a screenshot from a video, provided by Parveen Kaswan, of a Bengal tiger being released from a boat on what I believe is a river tributary leading to the Bay of Bengal just south of the Sundarbans which is a major Bengal tiger reserve. It is also the home of farmers which …
Here are 8 reasons why the tiger is endangered. I’m referring to both the Bengal and Siberian tiger (Amur tiger). I will try and list them in order of importance. Available space What I’m referring to here is the enormous pressures placed upon the tiger in reserves in India, for instance, by ever-encroaching human …
