Mammal
Tiger
Scientific name: Panthera tigris
This is a tiger. Tigers are big cats with orange fur and black stripes!
Quick facts
- Size
- Length: 1.5–2.9 m (4.9–9.5 ft)
- Weight
- 75–325 kg (165–717 lb)
- Lives for
- 10–16 years
- Food
- Meat eater
- Awake
- Active day and night
- In the wild
- Endangered
- There are very few left. They need protecting.
All about the Tiger
Tigers are powerful cats with orange fur and black stripes. They live in the forests, jungles and mangrove swamps of Asia and the snowy woods of Russia. A tiger hunts by sneaking up quietly on its prey and then pouncing.
Fun facts
One star is easy, three stars are for big explorers.
- Easy
Baby tigers are called cubs. A newborn cub weighs about 1 kilogram (2 pounds).
- Medium
A tiger mom can have up to seven cubs at once.
- Medium
A tiger sneaks up on its prey for 20 to 30 minutes before it pounces.
- Hard
A tiger can carry something twice its own weight 3 meters (10 feet) up a tree.
- Hard
Only about 3,000 tigers are left in the wild, so people work hard to protect them.
Where does it live?
The coloured places on the map show where the Tiger lives in the wild.
- Asia
Play and learn
Games with this animal and its friends.
