The tiger is part of the order Carnivora and the family Felidae and species Panthera tigris. there were 8 subspecies, three have already disappeared: the Bali tiger, Java and Caspian tiger. Five subspecies of tigers out of eight remain today:
- Bengal tiger, also called the Indian tiger
- Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger
- Sumatran tiger, island of Sumatra in Indonesia
- South China tiger, also known as the Amoy or Xiamen tiger, 3 areas near the coast of the East China Sea
- Indochinese tiger, also called Corbett's tiger, South China, malaysia, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia
all five types of tigers are endangered
The tiger is distinguished from other cats by its striped coat, which allows them to go unnoticed when attacking prey. The coat is creamy white on the inside of the legs, chest, throat and cheeks, lower jaw and above the eyes. The neck is sometimes covered by a much thicker and more dense fur.
The stripes are more or less abundant according to subspecies, sometimes double on the flanks. The tail is striped then becomes first annealed to its end.
Traces are a good indicator of the presence of tigers, a tiger marching in step made strides from 55 to 80 cm long. The trace Paw measure 10-14 cm wide and 16 cm long.
Its powerful members are more developed in the rear, which allows it to perform leaps of more than 6 m.
Behavior:
- Originally widespread throughout Asia, Tiger needs a large space to live and the species has suffered in these areas of deforestation or human incursion.
- The tiger is a solitary animal that does not like to share its territory.
- Tiger can swim easily.
- The tiger is a nocturnal predator. His night vision is excellent, like other cats, but unlike most of them, it perceives color.
- Tigers hunt on the lookout night. Although powerful and fast over short distances, they sometimes prefer to abandon a prey that too tiring.
- Tiger purrs, but only when it expires, unlike cats, for example.
- Once sexual maturity reached, that is to say towards the age of 3 years, Tigers can mate at any time of the year.
Symbolic:
The white tiger of the west is one of the four cardinal points and totem animals of the Chinese Zodiac. The name of this tiger is usually translated into Japanese by Byakko (白虎).
Drawing with the tiger inside the circle is called the Tora no maki, the "roll of the Tiger". The paper rolls were the media on which they wrote, unlike books that were used in the West. Gichin Funakoshi, founder of Shotokan karate, appealed to Hoan Kosugi who painted him this tiger to illustrate the cover of his book about karate (Karate-Do Kyohan), published in 1935. Character to the right of the tail is Ho (放) Hoan.
Nowadays, the tora no maki or shotokan tiger is the symbol of Shotokan karate.
Tigers in Japanese painting:
From the late 12th century. through the reactivation of the Sino-Japanese trade, tiger fur imported have attracted the attention of rich. Zen current newly introduced in Japan already had a rich tradition of images of tigers. In the second half of the 15th century. the paintings golden background. The paintings of tigers often appeared. The Japanese thought for a long time wrongly Panthers were female tigers. It is precisely in the 18th century that to realized the truth.
In Japanese paintings, tigers are often painted with bamboo. They are often represented on the walls of the room adjoining the entrance to the residence of the warlords, because they wanted to impress visitors with the animals symbolizing strength and courage.
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