Their unique white color fur has made them popular in entertainment showcasing exotic animals, and at zoos.Ī white tiger's pale coloration is due to the lack of the red and yellow pheomelanin pigments that normally produce the orange coloration. Currently, several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide, with about one hundred being found in India.
Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal tiger subspecies ( Panthera tigris) as well as having been reported historically in several other subspecies. įor a white Bengal tiger to be born, both parents must carry the unusual gene for white colouring, which only happens naturally about once in 10,000 births.
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The stripes of the tiger are a pigmentation of the skin if an individual were to be shaved, its distinctive coat pattern would still be visible. As with all tigers, the white Bengal tiger's stripes are like fingerprints, with no two tigers having the same pattern.
White male tigers reach weights of 200 to 230 kilograms (440 to 510 lb) and can grow up to 3 meters (9.8 ft) in length. White Bengal tigers are fully grown when they are 2–3 years of age. They also tend to be somewhat bigger at birth, and as fully grown adults.
When compared to Bengal tigers, the white Bengal tigers tend to grow faster and heavier than the orange Bengal tiger. The white fur caused by a lack of the pigment pheomelanin, which is found in Bengal tigers with orange color fur. The white Bengal tigers are distinctive due to the color of their fur.
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