Tigers
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Anna Claybourne
Anne was born in Portland, Oregon, and received her BFA from Oregon State University. In addition to her collaboration with Trina Robbins on the Lulu Award-winning GoGirl!, Anne's work includes the Eisner-nominated Dignifying Science and Pigling: A Cinderella Story for Lerner's Graphic Myths and Legends series. She has illustrated and painted covers for children's books and provided interior and cover art for regional and national magazines, including Wired, Portland Review, and Comic Book Artist. Anne's art also appears in the anthology 9-11: Artists Respond and is now in the Library of Congress.
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Tigers - Anna Claybourne
Contents
What are big cats?
What are tigers?
How are tigers classified?
Where do tigers live?
What adaptations help tigers survive?
What do tigers eat?
What is a tiger’s life cycle?
How do tigers behave?
How intelligent are tigers?
What threats do tigers face?
How can people help tigers?
What does the future hold for tigers?
Tiger profile
Glossary
Find out more
Index
Some words are shown in bold, like this. You can find out what they mean by looking in the glossary.
What are big cats?
In the shadows between the trees of an Indian forest, half-hidden in the long, waving grass, a powerful predator lurks. Unseen by a quietly grazing chital deer, the tiger stealthily creeps closer, crouching low to the ground. A few moments later, it pounces, a flash of orange and black. It leaps onto the chital, its huge jaws clamping around its neck. The tiger’s dinner is served.
Furry family
Like small pet cats, tigers, along with other big cats, belong to the cat family, which scientists call the felids. The felid family includes many small and medium-sized cats, such as the Scottish wildcat, lynx, bobcat, and ocelot. Only the biggest members of the family are known as big cats. There are several types, or species:
Tigers
Lions
Leopards
Snow leopards
Jaguars
Pumas
Cheetahs
Clouded leopards
Being a mammal
Cats are part of a larger animal group, the mammals. Humans are mammals too, and so are dogs, mice, seals, and elephants. Mammals all share several features. They have bony skeletons on the inside, and hair or fur on the outside. They are warm-blooded, meaning they can stay warmer than their surroundings. And mother mammals feed their babies on milk from their bodies.
BIG CAT FEATURES
Big cats share several features. Besides being large – at least 1.5 metres (5 feet) long – they are all carnivores or meat-eaters. They are not hunted by other animals, except when they are not yet fully grown. Big cats are also the only cats that can roar, unlike smaller cats, which meow,