The tiger 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 ligther underside.It is an apex predator,primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and wild boar.It is territorial and generally a solidarity but social predator,requiring large contiguous ares of habitat ,which support its requirements for prey and rering of its offspring.Tiger cubs stay with their mother for about two years ,before they become independant nd leave their mothershome range and establish their own.

The tigers once ranged widely from the Eastern Anatolia Region in the west to the Amur River basin and in the south from the foothills of the Himalayas to Bali in the Sunda islands.Since the early 20th Century.

The tiger is listed as endangered on the IUCN Red list.AS of 2015, the global wild tiger population was estimted to number between 3 062 and 3 948 mature individuals with most of the population living in small pockets isolate from each other.

WHERE WILL YOU FIND THEM

You will find the tigers at the pens E82 right next to the amphitheatre.