yes its me again, this time I would like to know the habitat of a tiger, Im unsure, I think they just live near rocks and that. Im confused please help.
2007-05-31 14:34:13 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger
2007-05-31 14:38:32 · answer #1 · answered by Splishy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Tigers are the biggest cats in the world. They live in wet, humid and hot jungles as well as icy cold forests. There are five different kinds or subspecies of tiger which are still alive today. These tigers are called Siberian, Indochinese, South China, Bengal, and Sumatran. Their Latin name is Panthera tigris. Tigers are an endangered species; only about 4,870 to 7,300 tigers are left in the wild. Three tiger subspecies, which are now extinct are: the Bali, Javan, and Caspian tigers.
They have become so over the last 70 years..People admire the tiger for its strength and beauty, but they fear it because they are known to kill human beings, yet almost all-wild tigers avoid people. Probably only 3 or 4 out of every 1000 tigers eat people and most of these are sick or wounded animals, that can no longer hunt large prey. Wild tigers are found mostly in India. Until the 1800’s many lived throughout most of the southern half of the continent.
Tigers still live in some of these areas, but only a few are left. People have greatly reduced their number by hunting them and by clearing the forest in which they lived. Today wild life experts consider the tiger an endangered species. Tigers can live in almost any climate. They need only shade, water and prey. They are found in the hot rain forest of Malaya, the dark thorny woods of India, and the cold, snowy, spruce forest of Manchuria. They also live in oak woods, tall grassland, swamps, and marshes. Tiger prefers to be in shadows and seldom go into open country as Lions do.
2007-05-31 14:40:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally tigers are found around water in the Indian subcontinent. The Siberian tiger inhabits frozen forests.
For India, in the past, the more wetland, the more tigers. Today they are struggling to survive in isolated parks chosen and managed by man. Except for the Sunderbans (Bangladesh) where a huge mangrove swamp allows tigers to hunt for fishermen and honey-gatherers, pretty much unchecked.
The Siberian tiger also may have been pushed to the limit of its territory by man, living in land too inhospitable to attract man's attention.
(Edit in answer to above)
The South China Tiger is extinct in the wild, in fact I'm pretty sure it's just extinct. The Indo-Chinese Tiger is very near extinction.
2007-06-01 06:25:27 · answer #3 · answered by Simon D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All wild tigers live in Asia. They don't like open grasslands. Most kinds of tigers live where it is warm but Amur (Siberian) tigers live where it gets very cold. The tiger is found in a variety of habitats: from the tropical evergreen and deciduous forests of southern Asia to the coniferous, scrub oak, and birch woodlands of Siberia. It also thrives in the mangrove swamps, dry thorn forests, and tall grass jungles. Tigers need vegetation cover, a water source, and good sources of prey.
2007-05-31 20:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by chillipope 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tigers live in the organism that nature evolved to specifically houses tiger souls. These organisms usually dwell in Bengal and other regions of Asia, prefering a jungle habitat in the main. Some people living in these regions believe that the Tiger soul can leave the Tiger organism and manifest in that of a human.
2007-06-01 12:19:15 · answer #5 · answered by pilgrimspadre 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tigers are found in Asia. Most tigers live in steamy forests of Southeast Asia and India, but the Siberian or Manchurian tigers lives in the cold, northern forests of Northeast Asia.
2007-06-01 11:13:31 · answer #6 · answered by megatron 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well to start they all live in Asia, mostly in thick tropical and sub-tropical forests.
However if you are looking for more exact locations to better know what plants/animals/land is around....
Amur: Northeast China, Korea, Northeast Mongolia and Southeast Russia
Malayan: Malaysia
Bengal: India, Bangladesh and Nepal
Sumatran: Island of Sumatra
South China: South China (might be extinct in the wild)
Indo-Chinese: Southeast Asia (China, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Vietnam)
2007-05-31 18:00:41 · answer #7 · answered by The Cheshire 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The reality is that more big cats live in captivity in America than in the wild, so the answer to where do the live, in a cage in America. Quite a sad thought.
Tigers cover a wide range of areas, but there is alot of info on the link below
2007-05-31 22:34:18 · answer #8 · answered by paul B 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tigers live in forests of different countries.
2007-06-02 00:15:33 · answer #9 · answered by billako 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some live in tiger stadium,but they're not as intelligent as the wild ones.
2007-05-31 15:17:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The live usually in grassy wildernesses of West Asia.
2007-05-31 14:44:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋