Tigers are the largest living cat species that live in the wild. They need large spaces where to live and prey other wild animals to eat, for example deer. Tigers have a particular pattern, they are made of dark vertical stripes on orange fur with a white underside

Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years and then become independent, leaving their mother to start living on their own.

Tigers are strong swimmers and often swim in ponds, lakes and rivers so that they can keep cool in the heat of the day.

Tigers are risking to become extinct because humans are destroying their habitat and are also used to experiment medicine. The remaining tigers around the world are found in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Russia, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Tigers can live up to 26 years; female tigers can give birth to two or four cubs at a time. Many of the female tigers give birth twice a year but many of the times the cubs do not live for more than two years.