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	Tiger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus.
		Tigers overpower their prey from almost any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the prey's spinal column or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery, much as the domestic cat does to far-smaller prey.
		The Bengal Tiger or the Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is largely found in the Sundarbans, a national forest of Bangladesh and of West Bengal, India.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tiger (2318 words)

	Tiger - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigers are easily recognizable by their stripes and their tawny fur color, which may range from yellow to orange (the white tiger is one notable exception).
		Tigers hunt alone, and their diet consists primarily of medium-sized herbivores such as elk, deer, wild pigs and buffalo, but they will also take larger or smaller prey if the circumstances demand it.
		Tigers ordinarily overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, ordinarily breaking the prey's spinal column or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Tiger (1404 words)

	Read about Tiger at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Tiger and learn about Tiger here! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The tiger is one of many animals at the top of the food chain.
		In general, male tigers may weigh between 150 and 310 kilograms (330 lb and 680 lb) and females between 100 and 160 kg (220 lb and 350 lb).
		Tigers overpower their prey from any angle, usually from ambush, and bite the neck, often breaking the prey's spinal column or windpipe, or severing the jugular vein or carotid artery.
	encyclopedia.worldvillage.com /s/b/Tiger (1385 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tigers are typically solitary hunters and prey mainly on deer (Cervus, Axis spp) and wild pig (Sus spp).
		Project Tiger involved the creation of a network of tiger reserves throughout India which were composed of a 'core' zone free from all human activity and a 'buffer' zone in which land use compatible with conservation needs was permitted.
		Tigers have some form of nominal legal protection in all range countries except Myanmar, but the level of enforcement of this legislation varies and is often ineffective or absent.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /latenews/emergency/fire_1997/tiger.htm (1727 words)

	WWF \| Wildlife Trade \| FAQs \| Tiger Trade
		All subspecies of tiger are currently threatened with extinction in the wild, with somewhere between 5,100 and 7,500 wild tigers remaining worldwide.
		Tigers have been used for medicinal purposes in East Asian countries for centuries and a belief in their efficacy for treating health problems is deeply rooted in national tradition.
		Tigers are killed for numerous reasons, often as a result of conflicts with humans or to prevent livestock predation.
	www.worldwildlife.org /trade/faqs_tiger.cfm (1529 words)

	Recently Extinct Animals - Species Info - Javan Tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Javan tigers were driven to extinction though a rapid increase in human population leading inevitably to a severe reduction in habitat for the tigers, which e.g.
		The second skin is from an adult male Javan tiger that was imported into the Netherlands from Java on 10 June 1920 and died in Rotterdam Zoo in February 1931.
		The six remaining tiger subspecies are the Bengal tiger Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758), Siberian (Amur) tiger Panthera tigris altaica (Temminck, 1844), Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae Pocock, 1829, Indo-Chinese tiger Panthera tigris corbetti Mazak, 1968, South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis (Hilzheimer, 1905), and the Malayan tiger Panthera tigris jacksoni.
	home.hetnet.nl /~harrie.maas/speciesinfo/javantiger.htm (1164 words)

	Lioncrusher's Domain -- Tiger (Panthera tigris) facts and pictures
		Tigers are the largest of a group of cats known as the great cats (tigers, lions, leopards, jaguars) Great cats are distinguished from the other cats by their ability to roar.
		Tigers have a ground coloration ranging from a rusty orange to yellow orange color, with its underbody and face being creamy to white, and are flanked by large vertical stripes.
		White tigers, like other white animals such as lions, are not albinos because they have stripes and their eyes have color: being blue and not pink or red.
	www.lioncrusher.com /animal.asp?animal=71 (3334 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tiger
		Although different subspecies of tiger have different characteristics, in general male tigers weigh between 150 and 310 kg (330 lb and 680 lb) and females between 100 and 160 kg (220 lb and 350 lb).
		The Bengal Tiger or the so-called Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is largely found in the Sundarbans, a national forest of Bangladesh and of West Bengal, India.
		Trinomial name Panthera tigris virgata (Illiger, 1815) The Caspian Tiger or Persian Tiger (Panthera tigris virgata) is the smallest subspecies of tiger that was found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, and the Central Asiatic area of Russia until it became extinct in the 1970s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tiger (5581 words)

	Tiger -- Kids' Planet -- Defenders of Wildlife (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tiger habitat varies widely, from tropical rainforests to snow-covered coniferous and deciduous forests and from mangrove swamps to drier forests.
		Tiger prey consists mostly of pigs, deer, antelope, buffalo and other large mammals, although tigers have been known to hunt smaller mammals and birds.
		Tigers are solitary hunters that stalk and attack from ambush.
	www.kidsplanet.org /factsheets/tiger.html (284 words)

	Sumatran Tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Sumatran tiger is the smallest of the tiger subspecies as compared to the Siberian tiger which is the largest.
		The tigers that live in unprotected areas are very vulnerable to poaching as well as the killing of problem animals that come in contact with villagers encroaching upon the animal's habitat.
		Tigers in general tend to attack prey from the side or rear at close range and when the prey weighs more than half that of the tiger, a throat bite is used and death is caused by suffocation.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /tiger.htm (1232 words)

	Tiger
		White tigers have been seen in the wild in India, and 1 single white cub taken by the name of Mohan was the progenitor of most white tigers now in captivity.
		Smaller animals are often killed with the bite to the nape of the neck allowing the tiger to to fracture the vertebrae and compress the spinal chord of its victim.
		No purebred Bengal tiger are known to exist in North America because the zoos hybridized all of their stock trying to produce white tigers that could survive the inbreeding necessary to create the white coat.
	www.bigcatrescue.org /tiger.htm (1642 words)

	tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		'''Tigers''' (''Panthera tigris'') are mammals of the Felidae family, one of four 'big cats' that belong to the Panthera genus.
		There are thought to be between 150 and 400 of these tigers in the wild today, and many populations are no longer considered to be genetically viable, meaning that they are subject to potentially catastrophic inbreeding.
		These tigers were hunted to extinction —the last Balinese Tiger is thought to have been killed at Sumbar Kima, West Bali on 27 September, 1937; this was an adult female.
	www.mycatcenter.com /tiger.htm (1424 words)

	Tiger
		Tigers have been known to sleep on top of a dead animal on order to protect it from the depredations of vultures and crows.
		The tiger is also affected by cultural factors, many nations revere the tiger as a magnificent symbol, others regard it as a source of potent medicine.
		Basic tiger protection is inadequately funded and management is hampered by the lack of basic biological data on the populations.
	www.catsurvivaltrust.org /tiger.htm (3533 words)

	Tiger Facts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tiger cubs are born blind and weigh only about 2 to 3 pounds (1 kg), depending on the subspecies.
		Tigers live in thick forests or areas with tall grasses to hide in and plenty of prey to eat.
		Tigers may live from 10 to 15 years in the wild, but in captivity 16 to 20 years is more common.
	www.zoetigers.org /facts.html (1247 words)

	TIGER - Enchanted Learning Software
		Tigers are mostly solitary animals except for times of mating and when the female cares for her young cubs.
		Tigers (and all the Order Carnivora which consists of all cats, dogs, bears, seals, weasels, stoats, pinnipeds, etc.) are descended from the family of marten-like woodland animals called the miacidae.
		The saber-toothed tiger (genus Smilodon) was not the ancestor of modern tigers.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/tiger (835 words)

	Javan on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Has the Javan tiger become another dodo?, JAKARTA POST
		Rarest of the Rare.(conservation of the Javan rhinoceros)
		Javan gibbons face extinction, illegal loggers blamed, JAKARTA POST
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/J/Javan.asp (266 words)

	Javan Tiger Reserves and National Parks in detail: Baluran National Park.
		Javan Tiger Reserves and National Parks in detail: Baluran National Park.
		was the home of Javan tigers right up until the 1960s when the last specimen was eliminated from the area.
		For the tiger, the declaration of Baluran as a National Park was simply too little and too late.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /tiger/baluran.html (431 words)

	Tiger Subspecies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tiger sub species have not been as important to the Trust as whether or not the species TIGER Panthera tigris can survive either in the wild or in captivity for the next forty years.
		Therefore saying that the Bali tiger, the Caspian tiger, the Javan tiger, the Manchurian tiger, and the Southwest Chinese tiger are now extinct doesn't give you a portrait of the process of extinction.
		The Javan tiger became extinct in the 1970's in a set aside special national park under full protection.
	members.aol.com /tigertrail/tigersub.htm (434 words)

	Animal Info - Javan Rhinoceros
		Javan rhinos are mostly solitary except for mating pairs and mothers with young.
		However, after a poacher was killed by a Javan tiger in the reserve, the poachers left for fear of the tigers
		Unfortunately for the Javan rhinos (not to mention the tigers themselves), the Javan tiger is now extinct.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/rhinsond.htm (1400 words)

	The Jakarta Post - The Journal of Indonesia Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Didik is obsessed with finding hard evidence to prove his belief that the Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) still exists although it was officially declared extinct in the 1980s.
		In fact Didik once sighted a Javan tiger in Meru Betiri National Park when he and his research team was there for a 14-day survey.
		He says the tiger appeared at the bush thanks to the help of a local shaman but before he managed to photograph it, the beast ran away after the two frightened rangers that accompanied the team also ran scared.
	www.thejakartapost.com /yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20021030.S03 (944 words)

	5 TIGERS : All About Tigers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Three tiger subspecies are considered to have become extinct in the past 70 years, the Caspian tiger, the Javan tiger and the Bali tiger.
		David Prynn, author of Amur Tiger, contributed his article "The Caspian tiger: a Lesson from History," originally published in the Marwell Zoo News (Summer 2003, No. 116, pages 10-11).
		The only photo of a Javan tiger we know of is from A. Hoogerwerf's Udjung Kulon: The Land of the last Javan Rhinoceros.
	www.savethetigerfund.org /AllAboutTigers/Subspecies/extinct.htm (151 words)

	The Javan Tiger
		The Javan was quite similar in appearance to the Sumatran tiger, but had numerous darker and closer-set fl stripes.
		Javans tiger were also notable for their cheek whiskers which were the longest of any of the subspecies.
		is the oldest tiger fossil ever found there and actually the oldest in the world.
	www.lairweb.org.nz /tiger/javan2.html (242 words)

	Tiger Heaven (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tiger Heaven is an online tiger group dedicated to the beautiful Tigers of the world, created in November 2002 to show my love for the majestic Tigers, as well as to educate the public about their plight, and to bring wildlife lovers from around the world together to talk about this amazing creature.
		The Bengal, Siberian, Sumatran, South Chinese, and Indo-Chinese Tigers are on the brink of extinction due to poaching, illegal trade, and habitat loss.
		There were once 8 sub-species of the Tiger, three of which have been wiped out in the past 100 years.
	groups.msn.com /TigerHeaven (250 words)

	The Javan Tiger - Panthera tigris sondaica
		The Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, formerly ranged on the Indonesian island of Java and was last seen in 1972 and has become extinct in the last 30 years.
		Three tiger subspecies have been declared to be extinct in the past 70 years, the Bali, Caspian and Javan tigers.
		Today tigers occur in parts of India, Manchuria, China, Indonesia and Russia (Siberia).
	www.tigerhomes.org /animal/curriculums/javan-tiger-pc.cfm (125 words)

	Tiger Handbook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Javan tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, once lived on the Indonesian island of Java.
		The last Javan tiger was seen in 1972.
		The last Bali tiger was believed to have been killed in 1937.
	www.mnzoo.com /education/ticadventures/handbook/b3f.htm (45 words)

	The Extinct Javan Tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The last Javan Tiger was supposible seen in 1975 or 1976.
		Though it is accepted that the last one was seen in 1972.
		The Javan tiger look like the Sumatran tiger, except it had darker and closer-set stripes.
	www.expage.com /javantiger (88 words)

	National Geographic Adventure: Excerpts -- October 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The culture of the Udege has endured, and the tiger has endured alongside it, for one reason: because the valley of the Bikin River, a minor tributary of the Amur, is a very remote place.
		Other characteristics well suited to cold-climate survival include their thick, pale winter pelage (it's not white—white tigers are a mutant phenomenon known mainly from India) and the huge paws that leave prints as large as salad plates in the snow.
		Ujung Kulon is an isolated rain forest ecosystem, the last refuge of the Javan rhinoceros and one of the last places that anyone sighted a Javan tiger, 50 years ago; hundreds of spotted leopards survive there.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /adventure/0310/story.html (2819 words)

	Save The Tiger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the turn of the century we still had eight different tigers living in the wild.
		According to leading endangered species reports the numbers of remaining tigers are exceedingly low which makes it clear how desperate their struggle for survival is. Of the Royal Bengal, Indo-Chinese, Siberian, South China, and the Sumatran Tiger fewer than 7,000 animals remain in the wild.
		Any third party use of the tigers in the sky theme is not allowed under any circumstance.
	www.tigersinthesky.com /tiger.htm (227 words)

	The Jakarta Post: Has the Javan tiger become another dodo?, JAKARTA POST@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Jakarta Post: Has the Javan tiger become another dodo?, JAKARTA POST@ HighBeam Research
		SURABAYA (JP): Some regard the Javan tiger as an extinct species,
		over the existence of the Javan tiger has yet to be resolved, its last
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:15195263&... (213 words)

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