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Tirian · 10-06-2003, 11:59 AM

or

By ALISON GENDAR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

is wrong...

Perhaps Roy's tiger is a cross, and hence the confusion.
According to ...

http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/

Both males and females have more white in their coats than other subspecies and coat colour is more gold than orange.

The Amur subspecies has less striping than other tiger types and the stripes are more brown than black. Almost no stripes appear on the outer area of the front legs.

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The myth of the white Siberian tiger:

The gene for a white coat is not considered to occur in the Amur tiger. Though there have been very occasional claims of white tigers sighted in the wild none can be proven with photographic evidence. If the white coat does actually occur in the Amur subspecies it certainly seems most strange that it has not happened in captivity, considering the captive numbers of this subspecies outweigh the remaining wild tigers.

People are often confused by captive cats they think are white Amur tigers. This term may mistakenly be used to refer to a hybrid Bengal tiger which has some Amur genetic 'pollution'. However, the white coat colour will have arisen from Bengal parentage.

10-06-2003, 11:59 AM	#44 (permalink)
Tirian Addict Location: Canada	or By ALISON GENDAR DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER is wrong... Perhaps Roy's tiger is a cross, and hence the confusion. According to ... http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/ Both males and females have more white in their coats than other subspecies and coat colour is more gold than orange. The Amur subspecies has less striping than other tiger types and the stripes are more brown than black. Almost no stripes appear on the outer area of the front legs. <<>> The myth of the white Siberian tiger: The gene for a white coat is not considered to occur in the Amur tiger. Though there have been very occasional claims of white tigers sighted in the wild none can be proven with photographic evidence. If the white coat does actually occur in the Amur subspecies it certainly seems most strange that it has not happened in captivity, considering the captive numbers of this subspecies outweigh the remaining wild tigers. People are often confused by captive cats they think are white Amur tigers. This term may mistakenly be used to refer to a hybrid Bengal tiger which has some Amur genetic 'pollution'. However, the white coat colour will have arisen from Bengal parentage. Last edited by Tirian; 10-06-2003 at 12:10 PM..