Sumatran Tigers

Tigers are carnivores. The Latin name for tiger is panthera tigris sumatrae. Tigers are mammals.

Description            

Tigers have thick coats that keep them warm even in the snow! Tigers have stripes are orange and black. Tigers have long whiskers to help them feel their way in the grass at dark.            

Dynamics 

Unlike most members of the cat family, tigers like water. They are good swimmers and often cool in pools or streams. A mother tiger is called a tigress.  Tigers hunt by themselves and search for food alone at night.

Habitat

The Sumatran Tiger is natively found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. They live    in jungles.

Diet

Tigers are carnivores eating only meat. Tigers hunt animals such as deer, wild pigs, antelope and buffalos.

Closing Statement

Tigers weigh 363 kilos, that’s about as much as 10 ten years olds.

By Dareeya Mickell