1. TIGERS Zarafshan Amjid

2. Contents Introduction---------------------------------- 02 What is Tiger? ---------------------------------- 03-4 Kind of tigers.---------------------------------- 5-6 Where does tiger live?----------------------- 7-8 What does tiger eat most ?--------------------09 Average weight of tigers.--------------------10-11 Appearance.---------------------------------12 How many teeth does tiger have?------------13 Conclusion ------------------------------------14 Glossary ----------------------------------------15 1

3. Introduction Tiger is a strong animal.Tiger is a largest member of cat family. Most tiger live in Asia. There are six kinds of tigers. Tiger's weight is between 200 to 700 pounds, each kind of Tiger has different weight. Did you know Tiger can swim very well in deep water? And tigers can also climb the trees. Sometimes, tigers are dangerous. 2

4. What is Tiger? Tigers are one of the strongest animals in the world. Tiger is largest member of cat family. Tigers are carnivores (kill and eat other animals). There are six kind of Tigers in the world. A male tiger weight is about 200 to 700 pounds. Siberian (Amur) is the largest tiger that is found in the snowy area of Russia. And the smallest tiger is Sumatran and its length is about a 4 feet. A Tiger can climb the trees also; however, they usually don’t when they grow up 3

5. as they became larger and heavier. Sometimes they are stuck on the trees and can’t figure out how to get down. But they will sometimes jump up into the tree in pursuit of prey. 4

6. Kinds of Tigers. There are six kind of Tigers in the World. They are Siberian, Bengal, Indo-chinese, Malayan, south china, and Sumatran tiger. -Siberian tiger:- The largest tiger in the world. -Bengal tiger:- This is the most common tiger in the world. -Indo-chinese tiger:- These tigers are about 20% darker and smaller than Bengal tiger. -Malayan tiger:-The Malayan is a one of the smallest subspecies of tigers, along with a Sumatran tiger. 5

7. -South china tiger:-These tiger are slightly smaller than Indo-chinese tiger. -Sumatran tiger:-This is the smallest tiger, it is still pretty cat and its length is about 4 feet.

8. 7 Where do tigers live? Tigers live in Asia, but now they live in Southeast of Asia.The largest population is in India and then Russia. Tigers like to live in hot jungle as well as in cold forests. Some of the Tigers live in the snowy forests of Siberia, other live in humid jungle of Sumatra and most live in the dry grasslands of India.

9. 8 Map shows where tigers live

10. What does tiger eat most? Tigers are carnivorous in nature, they feed on herbivores. Mostly Tigers hunt for Deers, wild pigs, and buffaloes to feed on. These solitary hunters stay close to the ground and look out for locations that can hide them, as this keeps them hidden from their prey. Like all predators, tigers chase the prey; pounce on it, to injure them and final make the kill with a terrific fight. Tigers always make an attack from behind. Thus, the people who stay close to the tiger populated areas wear face paintings on the back to avoid an off guard tiger attack. Tigers are also known to hunt peacocks. 9

11. Average weight of tigers. The average weight of all tigers is around 540lbs. But species vary greatly in weight. The Siberian or Amur Tiger is the largest of the species. Males can weigh 700 pounds, while growing up 13 feet long. Bengal tiger males normally weigh 450 to 600 pounds. Tigresses (females) weigh from 300 to 400 pounds. One of the heaviest Bengal males, that was killed in 1967, weighed 857 pounds. 10

12. 11 Indo-chinese tigers, the males are usually much larger than the females. The average male weighs 370 to 430 pounds. While the female on average weighs under 300 pounds. The Chinese, or Amoy tiger is one of the smallest tiger subspecies. The males weigh around 330 pounds, while the females are even smaller weighing on average 240 pounds.

13. Appearance A Tiger has - Orange body color, - black stripes, - light green eyes, - four short legs, -strong muscles, - a long tail, -long whisker, -four claws. 12

14. How many teeth does a Tiger have? A Tiger have about 30 teeth. They have meat eating teeth or carnassials teeth. The large Canines are used for killing their prey and eat meat and bones. 13

15. Conclusion In conclusion, Tigers are strong animals,they are dangerous. Most exciting part of this project is exploration of wild life specially Tigers. And the challenging part of this project is to find out all tiger found in the world and studies all the cat family. Next time if I get the same project on different topic, I will be able to make improvement because of this experiment I gained in this project. I will choose little hard topic so adult people can learn something also. 14

16. Glossary carnivores - kill and eat other animals. Pursuit - The act of striving. Humid - containing large amount of water. Herbivore - plant eating animals. solitary - along Pounce - the claw Vary - to change 15

17. Dear readers, My name is Zarafshan Amjid. I am the author of this book. I am a student of Russell Sage Junior High School 190 in Forest Hills. I am in class 751. I am 12 year old. I am from Pakistan. I worked hard to search information and make this book more interesting. I think this book is easy for read because I used very simple words. I hope you like this book. Thanks! 16