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Bookmark or Share- 10 White Tiger Facts - Fact AnimalInteresting White Tiger Facts. 1. They are white due to a lack of the pigment pheomelanin. Pheomelanin imparts a range of red and yellow pigments that produce the orange coloration of the tiger – and is found in other tigers, such as the bengal tiger, with orange color fur.
- White tiger - WikipediaThe white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the mainland Asian tiger. It is reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, in the Sunderbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa. [1]
- The truth about white tigers | Stories | WWF - World Wildlife Fund1. White tigers are falsely marketed as a highly endangered species. White tigers are not a separate subspecies of tiger. There is only one tiger species and only two recognized subspecies in the world—the Continental ( Panthera tigris tigris) and the Sunda ( Panthera tigris sondaica ).
- What is WWF doing to protect white tigers? - World Wildlife FundWhite tigers are a genetic anomaly and none are currently known to exist in the wild. WWF's focus is protecting the last of the world's wild tigers - with as few as 3,200 left, our efforts need your support to succeed. You can earn your stripes by helping tigers save theirs. Learn how at www.worldwildlife.org/tigers.
- White Tigers: Facts, Threats, & Conservation | IFAWA white tiger is, scientifically speaking, a tiger with a genetic mutation, so it has the same scientific name as other tigers, Panthera tigris. A Bengal white tiger is known as Panthera tigris tigris, while a Siberian white tiger is known as Panthera tigris altaica. Are white tigers endangered?
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