White tigger

Among the cats currently living the tiger is the largest. The basic color of the tiger is reddish-yellow skin with dark vertical stripes. The white tiger is white color to replace the yellow, dark stripes are not affected.

The white tiger is in danger of extinction, are only 210 worldwide mostly in captivity, are mammals, carnivores, and belong to the feline family. Habits are solitary animals but they can be seen in groups of three or four. The white tiger is a derivation of the Bengal tiger, her parents have a recessive gene that gives them their white color on the skin, which removes the orange pigment, but the black stripes are unaffected, and transmits the gene to their children. At present it is difficult to find a white tiger in its natural habitat. The eyes may be a different color, usually are blue, except that albinos have pink.

They are fertile may interbreed with tigers common, but are more likely than white tigers but as common.

Contrary to what you think the white tiger has never been seen in Siberia, have been found only in India, the first was captured by the Maharaja of Rewa, in 1951, in the jungles of Rewa, though for many years already had seen. The unusual color of white tigers has made them appear in the zoo, and exotic animal shows.

In captivity, life expectancy of white tiger is 20 years.