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The tiger Panthera tigris is the largest extant cat species and a member of the genus Panthera. It is most recognisable for its dark vertical stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside. It is an apex predatorprimarily preying on ungulates such as deer and wild boar. It is territorial and generally a solitary but social predator, requiring large contiguous areas of habitatwhich Its a Tiger! its requirements for prey and rearing of its offspring. Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years, before they become independent and leave their mother's home range to establish their own. The tiger once ranged widely from Its a Tiger! Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin, and in the south from the Its a Tiger! of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda islands. Today's tiger range is fragmented, stretching from Siberian temperate forests to subtropical and tropical forests on the Indian subcontinent and Sumatra. As ofthe global wild tiger population was estimated to number between 3, and 3, mature individuals, with most of the populations living in small pockets isolated from each other. India currently hosts the largest tiger population. Major reasons for population decline are habitat destructionhabitat fragmentation and poaching. Tigers are also victims of human—wildlife conflictin particular in range countries with a high human population density. The tiger is among the most recognisable and popular of the world's charismatic megafauna. It featured prominently in ancient mythology and folklore and continues to be depicted in modern films and literature, appearing on many flagscoats of arms and as mascots for sporting teams. InCarl Linnaeus described the tiger in his work Systema Naturae and gave it the scientific name Felis tigris. Following Linnaeus's first descriptions of the species, several tiger specimens were described and proposed as subspecies. Most putative subspecies described in the 19th and 20th centuries were distinguished on basis of fur length and colouration, striping patterns and body size, hence characteristics Its a Tiger! vary widely within populations. Morphologicallytigers from different regions vary little, and gene flow between populations in those regions is considered to have been possible during the Pleistocene. Therefore, it was proposed to recognize only two tiger subspecies as valid, namely P. Its a Tiger! of craniological analysis of tiger skulls from Southeast Asian range countries indicate that Sumatran tiger skulls differ from Indochinese and Javan tiger skulls, whereas Bali tiger skulls are similar in size to Javan tiger skulls. The authors proposed to classify Sumatran and Javan tiger as distinct species, P. Inmorphological, ecological, and molecular traits of all putative tiger subspecies were analysed in a combined approach. Results support distinction of the two evolutionary groups continental and Sunda tigers. The authors proposed recognition of only two subspecies, namely P. The authors also noted that this reclassification will affect tiger conservation management. The nominate subspecies P. One conservation specialist welcomed this proposal as it would make captive breeding programmes and future rewilding of zoo-born tigers easier. One geneticist was sceptical of this study and maintained that the currently recognised nine subspecies can be distinguished genetically. A study published in was based on Its a Tiger! tiger specimens using the whole-genome sequencing approach for analysis. Results support six monophyletic tiger clades corresponding with the living subspecies and indicate that the most recent common ancestor lived aboutyears ago. The Its a Tiger! closest living relatives were previously thought to be the Panthera species lionleopard and jaguar. Results of genetic analysis indicate that about 2. The tiger—snow leopard lineage dispersed in Southeast Asia during the Miocene. Panthera zdanskyi is considered to be a sister taxon of the modern tiger. It lived at the beginning of the Pleistocene about two million years ago, its fossil remains were excavated in Gansu province of northwestern Its a Tiger!. It was smaller and more " primitive ", but functionally and ecologically similar to the modern tiger. It is disputed as to whether it had the striping pattern. Northwestern China is thought to be the origin of the tiger lineage. Tigers grew in size, possibly in response to adaptive radiations of prey species like deer and bovidswhich may have occurred in Southeast Asia during the Early Pleistocene. Panthera Its a Tiger! trinilensis lived about 1. Some fossil skulls are morphologically distinct from lion skulls, which could indicate tiger presence in Alaska during the last glacial periodaboutyears ago. In the Philippine island of Palawantwo articulated phalanx bones were found amidst an assemblage of other animal bones and stone tools in Ille Cave near the village of New Ibajay. They were smaller than mainland tiger fossils, possibly due to insular dwarfism. Otherwise, it would appear that early humans had accumulated the bones, [39] so it may be that the tiger parts were imported from elsewhere, or that the tiger colonised Palawan from Borneo before the Holocene, considering the proximity of the two islands. Results of a phylogeographic study indicate that all living tigers had a common ancestor 72,—, years ago. The resulting model shows a contiguous tiger Its a Tiger! at the Last Glacial Maximumindicating gene flow between tiger populations in mainland Asia. The tiger populations on the Sunda Islands Its a Tiger! mainland Asia were possibly separated during interglacial periods. The tiger's full genome sequence was published in It was found to have similar repeat composition to other cat genomes and an appreciably conserved synteny. Captive tigers were bred with lions to create hybrids called liger and tigon. They share physical and behavioural qualities of both parent species. Breeding hybrids is now discouraged due to the emphasis on conservation. The less common tigon is a cross between a lioness and a male tiger. The tiger has a muscular body with powerful forelimbs, a large head and a tail that is about half Its a Tiger! length of its body. Its pelage is dense and heavy, Its a Tiger! colouration varies between shades of orange and brown with white ventral areas and distinctive vertical black stripes that are unique in each individual. This is not due to skin pigmentation, but to the stubble and hair follicles embedded in the skin, similar Its a Tiger! human beards colloquially Its a Tiger! o'clock shadowand is in common with other big cats. The pupils are circular with yellow irises. The small, rounded ears have a prominent white spot on the back, surrounded by black. The tiger's skull is similar to a lion 's skull, with the frontal region usually less depressed or flattened, and a slightly longer postorbital region. The lion skull shows broader nasal openings. Due to the variation in skull sizes of the two species, the structure of the lower jaw is a reliable indicator for their identification. There is a notable sexual dimorphism between male and female tigers, with the latter being consistently smaller. The size difference between them is proportionally Its a Tiger! in the large tiger subspecies, with males weighing up to 1. Males also have wider forepaw pads, enabling sex to be identified from tracks. In either sex, the tail represents Its a Tiger! 0. The Bengal and Siberian tigers are amongst the Its a Tiger! cats in shoulder height. There are three colour variants — white, golden and stripeless snow white — that now rarely occur in the wild due to the reduction of wild tiger populations, but continue in captive populations. The white tiger has white fur and sepia brown stripes. The golden Its a Tiger! has a pale golden pelage with a blond tone and reddish-brown stripes. The snow white tiger is a morph with extremely faint stripes and a pale reddish-brown ringed tail. They have thick stripes close together so that the background colour is barely visible between stripes. The white tiger lacks pheomelanin which creates Its a Tiger! orange colourand has dark sepia-brown stripes and blue eyes. This altered pigmentation is caused by a mutant gene that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, which is determined by a white locus. It is not an albinoas the black pigments are scarcely affected. Both parents need to have the allele for whiteness to have white cubs. The local maharaja started breeding tigers in the early s and kept Its a Tiger! white male tiger together with its normal-coloured daughter; they had white cubs. Inbreeding depression is the main reason for many health problems of captive white tigers, including strabismusstillbirthIts a Tiger! and Its a Tiger! death. The Tiger Species Survival Plan has condemned the breeding of white tigers, alleging they are of mixed ancestry and of unknown lineage. The genes responsible for white colouration are represented by 0. The disproportionate growth in numbers of white tigers points to inbreeding among homozygous recessive individuals. This would lead to inbreeding depression and loss of genetic variability. In China and Myanmar, breeding populations appear to rely Its a Tiger! immigration from neighbouring countries while its status Its a Tiger! the Korean Peninsula is unknown. The tiger is essentially associated with forest habitats. In the Caucasus, it inhabited hilly and lowland forests. When not subject to human disturbance, the tiger is mainly diurnal. Four females dispersed between 0 and Adult tigers lead largely solitary lives. They establish and maintain territories but have much wider home ranges within which they roam. Resident adults of either sex generally confine their movements to their home ranges, within which they satisfy their needs and those of their growing cubs. Individuals sharing the same area are aware of each other's movements and activities. Young female tigers establish their first territories close to their mother's. The overlap between the female and her mother's territory reduces with time. Males, however, Its a Tiger! further than their female counterparts and set out at a younger age to mark out their own area. A young male acquires territory either by seeking out an area devoid of other male tigers, or by living as a transient in another male's territory until he is older and strong enough to challenge the resident male. To identify his territory, Its a Tiger! male marks trees by spraying urine [86] [87] and anal gland secretions, as well as marking trails with scat and marking trees or the ground with their claws. Females also use these "scrapes", as well as urine and Its a Tiger! markings. Scent markings of this type allow an individual to pick up information on another's identity, sex and reproductive status. Females in oestrus will signal their availability by scent marking more frequently and increasing their vocalisations. Although for the most part avoiding each other, tigers are not always territorial and relationships between individuals can be complex. An adult of either sex will sometimes share its kill with others, even those who may not be related to them. 80 Surprising Tiger Facts That You Never Knew About

Tanks portal. The Tiger I gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8. While the Tiger I has been called an outstanding design for its time, [11] it has also been called over-engineered[12] Its a Tiger! expensive materials and labour-intensive production methods. The Tiger was prone to certain types Its a Tiger! track failures and breakdowns and was limited in range by its high fuel consumption. It was expensive to maintain, but generally mechanically reliable. This was a problem on the Eastern Front in the muddy rasputitsa season and during periods of extreme cold. The tank was given its nickname "Tiger" by Ferdinand Porscheand the Roman numeral was added after the later Tiger II entered production. It was classified with ordnance inventory designation Sd. E in Marchwith ordnance inventory designation Sd. Today, only seven Tiger I tanks survive in museums and private collections worldwide. Only one hull was built and no turret was fitted. Its a Tiger! development of the Its a Tiger! was dropped in in favour of the larger and better-armoured VK The VK This concept was already common on German half-tracks such as the Sd. Overall weight was to be 33 tonnes. Four prototype hulls were completed for testing. Two of these were later modified to build the " Sturer Emil " C turret. The hull for one prototype was built, followed later by five more. The six turrets built were never fitted and were used as part of the Atlantic Wall. On 26 MayHenschel and Ferdinand Porsche were asked to Its a Tiger! designs for a tonne heavy tank, to be ready by June Henschel built two prototypes: a VK The Germans were shocked to encounter Soviet T medium and KV-1 heavy tanks, and, [17] according to Henschel designer Erwin Aders : Its a Tiger! was great Its a Tiger! when it was discovered that the Soviet tanks were Its a Tiger! to anything available to the Heer. The due date for the new prototypes was set for 20 AprilAdolf Hitler 's 53rd Its a Tiger!. Unlike the Panther tankthe designs did not incorporate sloped armouran innovation taken from the T Porsche and Henschel submitted prototype designs, each making use of the Krupp-designed turret. They were demonstrated at Rastenburg in front of Hitler. The Henschel design was accepted, mainly because the Porsche VK P Its a Tiger! design used a troubled gasoline-electric hybrid power unit which needed large quantities of copper for manufacture of its electrical drivetrain components, a strategic war material of which Germany had limited supplies with acceptable electrical properties for such uses [ clarification needed ]. H began in August Expecting an order for his tank, Porsche built chassis. The Tiger was still at the prototype stage when it was first hurried into service, and therefore changes both large and small were made throughout the production run. A redesigned turret with a lower cupola was the most significant change. To cut costs, the submersion capability and an external air-filtration system were dropped. The Tiger differed from earlier German tanks principally in its design philosophy. Its predecessors balanced mobility, armour and firepowerand were sometimes outgunned by their opponents. While heavy, this tank was not slower than the best of its opponents. However, at over 50 tonnes dead weight, the suspension, gearboxes, and other such items had clearly reached their design limits and breakdowns were frequent if regular maintenance was not undertaken. Although the general design and layout were broadly similar to the previous medium tank, the Panzer IVthe Tiger weighed more than twice as much. Its a Tiger! was due to its substantially thicker armour, the larger main gungreater volume of fuel and ammunition storage, larger engine, and a more solidly built transmission and suspension. The armour joints were of high quality, being stepped and welded rather than riveted, and were Its a Tiger! of maraging steel. The calibre long 8. A combination of a flat trajectory from the high muzzle velocity and precision from Leitz Turmzielfernrohr TZF 9b sight later replaced by the monocular TZF 9c made it very accurate. At greater ranges, the 8. The ammunition for the Tiger had electrically fired primers. Four types of ammunition were available but not all were fully available; the PzGr 40 shell used tungsten, which was in short supply as the war progressed. The rear of the tank held an engine compartment flanked by two separate rear compartments each containing a fuel Its a Tiger! and radiator. The Germans had not developed an adequate diesel engine, so a petrol gasoline powerplant had to be used instead. The original engine utilised was Its a Tiger! Although a good engine, Its a Tiger! was underpowered for the vehicle. From the st Tiger onwards, it was replaced by the upgraded HL P45, a The engine was in V-form, with two cylinder banks set at 60 degrees. An inertia starter was mounted on its right side, driven via chain gears through a port in the rear wall. The engine could be lifted out through a hatch on the rear hull roof. All occurring breakdowns resulted from the low quality of driver training. In several cases engine failures have to be put down to the missing remote engine thermometer. Five engines have reached more than 3,km without essential failures. A good driver is essential for the successful deployment of the Tiger, he must have a good technical Its a Tiger! and has to keep his nerve in critical situations… [24]. The engine drove the front sprockets through a drivetrain connecting to a Its a Tiger! in the front portion of the lower hull; the front sprockets had to be mounted relatively low as a result. The Krupp-designed tonne turret had a hydraulic motor whose pump was powered by mechanical drive from the engine. A full rotation took about a minute. Another new feature was the Maybach-Olvar hydraulically controlled semi-automatic pre-selector Its a Tiger!. The extreme weight of the tank also required a new steering system. It is unclear whether Klaue's patent ring brake was utilised in the Tiger brake design. The clutch-and-brake system, typical for lighter vehicles, was retained only for emergencies. Normally, steering depended on a double differentialHenschel's development of the British Merritt-Brown system [28] first encountered in the Churchill tank. The vehicle had an eight-speed gearbox, and the steering offered two fixed radii of turns on each gear, thus the Tiger had sixteen different radii of turn. In neutral gear, the tracks could be turned in opposite directions, so the Tiger I pivoted in place. The suspension used sixteen torsion barswith eight suspension arms per side. To save space, the swing arms were leading on one side and trailing on the other. There were three road wheels one of them double, closest to the track's centre on each arm, in a so-called Schachtellaufwerk overlapping and interleaved arrangement, similar to that pioneered on German half-tracked military vehicles of the pre-World War II era, with the Tiger I being the first all-tracked German AFV built in quantity to use such a road wheel arrangement. Removing an inner wheel that had lost its solid rubber tire a common occurrence required the removal of up to nine other wheels first. During the rainy period that brought on the autumn rasputitsa mud season and onwards into the winter conditions on the Eastern frontthe roadwheels of a Schachtellaufwerk -equipped vehicle could also become packed with mud or snow that could then freeze. Presumably, German engineers, based on Its a Tiger! experience of the half tracks, felt that the improvement in off-road performance, track and wheel life, mobility with wheels missing or damaged, plus additional protection from enemy fire was worth the maintenance difficulties of a complex system vulnerable to mud Its a Tiger! ice. This approach was carried on, in various forms, to the Panther and the non-interleaved wheel design for the Tiger II. At least 30 minutes of set-up time was required, with the turret and gun being locked in the forward position, and a large snorkel tube raised at the rear. An inflatable doughnut-shaped ring sealed the turret ring. The two rear compartments each containing a fuel tank, radiator and fans were floodable. The internal layout was typical of German Its a Tiger!. Forward was an open crew compartment, with the driver and radio-operator seated at the front on either side of the gearbox. Behind them the turret floor was surrounded by panels forming a continuous Its a Tiger! surface. This helped the loader to retrieve Its a Tiger! ammunition, which was mostly stowed above the tracks. Three men were seated Its a Tiger! the turret; the Its a Tiger! to the right of the gun facing to Its a Tiger! rear, the gunner to the left of the gun, and the commander behind him. There was also a Its a Tiger! seat on the right for the loader. Early versions of the Tiger I's turret included two pistol ports ; however, one of these was replaced with a Its a Tiger! escape hatch and the other deleted from later designs. Post-war testing by the Allies found the tank to be uncomfortable and spartan. This was in contrast to German crews who found them to be spacious and comfortable. The main problem with the Tiger was that its production required considerable resources in terms of manpower and material, which led Its a Tiger! it being expensive: the Tiger I cost over twice as much as a Panzer IV and four times as much as a StuG III assault gun. From a technical point of view it was superior to its contemporaries, [41] and despite the low number produced, shortages in qualified crew and the considerable fuel requirement in a context of ever shrinking resources, Tiger tanks had Its a Tiger! large impact in the war with Tigers including Tiger IIs destroying at least 10, enemy tanks, and 11, AT guns and artillery pieces in WW2. This was achieved for the loss of 1, Tigers including large numbers of operational and strategic losses, i. Production of the Tiger I began in Its a Tiger! at the factory of Henschel und Sohn in Kassel[43] initially at a rate of 25 per month and peaking in April at per month. An official document of the time stated that the first Tiger I was completed in August 4. Deployed Tiger I's peaked at on 1 July InJapan bought several specimens of German tank designs for study. Many modifications Its a Tiger! introduced during the production run to improve automotive performance, firepower and protection. Simplification of the design was implemented, along with cuts due to raw material shortages. In alone, at least six revisions were made, starting with the removal of the Vorpanzer Its a Tiger! armour shield from the pre-production models in April. In May, mudguards bolted onto the side of the pre-production run were added, while removable mudguards saw full incorporation in September. Smoke discharge canisters, three on each side of the turret, were added in August In later years, similar changes and updates Its a Tiger! added, such as the addition of Zimmerit a non-magnetic anti-mine Its a Tiger!in late tiger | Facts, Information, & Habitat | Britannica

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See Its a Tiger! Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for Its a Tiger! us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — It's Its a Tiger! Tiger! It's a Tiger! Jeremy Tankard Illustrator. Kids and parents alike will rejoice in this lively read-aloud picture book, as the main character runs into and away from a tiger over and over again as the plot gets sillier and sillier. Perfect for acting out while reading, It's a Tiger offers just the right amount of excitement without being too scary, and a sweet ending with a bit of a twist. Get A Copy. Hardcover36 pages. Published August 1st by Chronicle Books first published January 1st More Details Other Editions 4. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about It's a Tiger! My son loves this book, enjoy this video retelling, when is next book coming David? See Its a Tiger! question about It's a Tiger! Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Its a Tiger! order. Start your review of It's a Tiger! Dec 29, Betsy rated it it was amazing. There is an art to reading a picture book but I've not encountered many schools that actually teach that skill. Librarians will learn it in their graduate courses, of course, but what about parents and booksellers? Are they doomed to stumble through their readings without getting some of the insider tips and tricks? Yup, pretty much. The only thing you can really do is just recommend to them picture books that make reading aloud one-on-one or to large groups a painless experience. Books that hav There is an art to reading a picture book but I've not encountered many schools that actually teach that skill. Books that have an inherent interior rhythm and logic that kids will naturally adhere to. So each and every year I sit and wait for those great picture book readalouds of the year. For I've seen a couple that lend themselves to groups. Up, Its a Tiger! and High by Ethan Long is ideal for preschoolers. Creepy Carrots! But the all-around best readaloud of the year, bar none as far as I can tell, has got to be It's a Tiger! A boon to librarians and booksellers looking for new storytime fare as well as parents and grandparents, David LaRochelle's latest is a hoot, a holler, and could even be called a hootenanny if you're so inclined to call it that. So you're walking through the forest, minding your own business, checking out monkeys when you realize that the orange and Its a Tiger! tail over there isn't a vine at all. Like a shot you which is to say, the boy in the book take off lickety split. Still, it doesn't matter where you go. Whatever you do, Its a Tiger! darned tiger seems to follow. Dark caves, ships at sea, desert islands, the tiger is everywhere! At the end you realize that the tiger doesn't really want to eat you. So to put it to sleep you decide to tell it a story. A story about a boy walking through the forest until he sees a green scaly vine. Wait a minute. It took a couple readings before I realized something essential about this particular book. Turns out, this is one Its a Tiger! the rare picture books written in the second person. You do this. You do that. The reader actually is the little boy who finds himself inexplicably running into the same orange Its a Tiger! black foe over and over again. It's a narrative technique that I just know that I've seen in picture books before, but when I try to think of them I find myself stumped. They're not as common as you might think and I Its a Tiger! can't come up with any that are also great read alouds for large groups. By making the audience the narrator they get all the requisite chills and thrills Its a Tiger! actually feeling like they're in direct danger. Same threat level. Same you-are-there aspects. I think what I like best about the book is the fact that it goes from surprising to funny in fairly short order. The first three or four times you turn the page and encounter a tiger the kids are still uncertain about Its a Tiger! order of occurrences. Once the pattern is firmly established, that's Its a Tiger! they can kind of let go and enjoy. Then LaRochelle Its a Tiger! up the silly factor and the kids really begin to have fun. We don't always remember that children have a relatively refined sense of the absurd. They're literalists, every last one, and though they might point out the flaws in your logic as you read the book how can you swing and land on the tiger when you just escaped the tiger? Interactive kids can yell "It's a tiger! Power plays telling adults they must be mistaken. The element of surprise. The controlled fear factor. It's all there. And it's awesome. It is difficult for me to be impartial about a book that features the art of Jeremy Tankard. A couple years ago he burst onto the picture book scene with three books that changed the way I do preschool storytimes Grumpy Bird ], Me Hungry! Even when he's working on other people's books, as in the case here, he has a distinctive style that can't be beat. In this book he utilizes his usual ink and digital media style, but the colors are extraordinary. Its a Tiger! just pop off the page with these magnificent blues, greens, oranges, yellows, and reds. It was interesting to note that the pages themselves have a sheen and gleam I've not noticed in a picture book before. Hold them up to the light and watch as the thick black lines and colors seem as though they should be transparent, if that makes any sense. That visual pop means that when you reach the every-other-page "surprise" of the tiger, Tankard Its a Tiger! really make the animal's appearance seem surprising. He uses Its a Tiger! anime-type lines around the tiger from time to time to direct the eye to the center Its a Tiger! the page, which as of this review still has a new and contemporary feel to it. We've seen it in books by folks like Dan Santat for years, of course. My suspicion is that though it Its a Tiger! certainly make the book feel like an earlyst creation, that doesn't mean it'll age poorly. It's simply a work of its time now. Tigers are such cute and cuddly carnivores, and honestly it's very difficult to be perfectly afraid of something as soft and fluffy as a tiger. That sort of makes them ideal picture book threats. LaRochelle has written innovative picture books for years now The Endetc. Pairing him with Tankard just guarantees a hit. Put this one on your Must Have list Its a Tiger! stat. For ages View 1 comment. 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