![]() ![]() Uncontrolled trophy hunting, loss of habitat, and habitat fragmentation are the reasons for the extinction of wild white tigers and the dramatic decline in wild tigers in general.Besides the Bengal tiger, the white tiger is believed to be the world’s second-largest tiger species after the Siberian tiger.Some interesting facts about their behavior and lifestyle: White tigers are incredibly quick, agile, and very capable swimmers, allowing them to cross boundaries such as rivers and moats. As per the recent breeding records of 1700 Bengal Tigers kept in Indian zoos, the mortality and longevity rates of orange and white tigers are the same.White tigers are bigger from birth and continue that pattern into their adult years.The average length of a male white tiger is about 8-10.2 feet, while the female tiger measures between 7.1 to 8.5 feet.The weight of a White male tiger can be between 200 to 230 kilograms.The white tigers live for around 10 to 20 years in the wild.They have white-colored face fur and a rose pink nose.As the white-and-black color of white tigers makes them stand out from their surroundings, they often fall prey to other carnivores or hunters.Its distinctive coat pattern with stripes are like fingerprints, with no two tigers having the same pattern.It has grey and light brown stripes on a light cream-colored coat.The absence of pheomelanin, a pigment found in the normal orange tigers, results in white furs.Due to their white coat, they are often referred to as bleached tigers-the color results from the genetic mutations that are part of their natural species diversity.Their eyes can be green and amber color as well. All white tigers have blue eyes with round pupils.A subspecies of tigers, the white tiger is the pigmented variation of the Bengal Tiger. ![]()
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