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Formative
Assessment Save Our Tigers
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Introduction• The tiger (panthera
tigris) is the
largest cat species,
reaching A total body
length of up to 3.3
metres (11 ft) and
weighing up to 306 kg
(670 lb).
• They are the third
largest
land carnivore (behin
d only the Polar
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• Scientific classification
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Mammalia
Order : Carnivora
Family : Felidae
Genus : Panthera
Species : Panthera tigris
6Panthera tigris
Panthera
Felidae
Carnivora
Mammalia
Chordata
Animalia
• Due to poaching (illegal hunting) in the
recent years tigers population has gone
below 3,200.
• Tigers persist in less than 7% of their
historic range.
• 3 subspecies have gone extinct in the
last 80 years
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• Hunting on a large scale
• Killing the Tiger for its Skin , Claws , Teeth , etc.
• Being a big animal it is hunted as a sport
• Illegal Hunting for Medicinal Trade
• China's Growing Demand
• Weak Law Enforcement
• Poaching and Habitat Loss
• The Genetic Threat
• Impact of Catastrophes
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Reasons For Depletion Of Tiger
Population
Tiger Facts• Tigers can live up to 15 years in the
wild.
• Males can weigh up to 300kg and
reach 1m at the shoulder.
• The Amur Tiger - the largest of the tiger
family - can measure up to 3m from its
nose to the tip of its tail.
• Tigers live in a variety of habitats from
tropical and evergreen forests,
woodlands and mangrove swamps to
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• Unlike other species of cats, tigers are
good swimmers and readily enter
water.
• They have thick striped fur.
• Colour and markings vary between the
sub-species but most have over 100
stripes.
• No two tigers have the same stripe
patterns.
• Old or sick tigers - or those living close
to encroaching human populations -
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• Tigers hunt mainly at night, preying on
a variety of species from large buffalo
and deer to birds and porcupines
• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are
teaching their cubs) - only about one in
ten attacks result in a kill.
• Tigers hunt alone (unless they are
teaching their cubs) - only about one in
ten attacks result in a kill.
• Males have large territories (marked
with urine and scent) of about 24 sq
km, three times larger than the females,
and may include the territories of
several females. He alone will mate
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• A male may kill cubs that have been
fathered by other tigers so that he can
mate with the female to produce his
own offspring.
• Cubs learn from their mothers and
make their first solo kill at about 18
months. But they often stay with her
until they are about two and a half.
• Tigers reach maturity for breeding at
four years.
• In hot countries cubs are born
throughout the year. In cold regions,
they are born in the spring.
• Pregnancy (gestation) lasts c.4 months.
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• Cubs are usually born in a den or cave
or thick undergrowth.
• An average of 3-4 cubs are born in a
litter but it is rare for them all to survive
the first year.
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This graph here shows the history
of tiger population in our world
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An alarming number of tigers
have been erased out of the
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In Russia , the tiger population
has been rescued and the
population has gone up above
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Tiger Products
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Organizations
Involved In This
Mission
• Forever Tiger
• Panthera
• Save Tiger Fund
• World Wide Fund
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