What does it look like?
Tigers have two types of hair, guard hair and underfur. They are the only animal to have distinctive striping on both their hair and skin. They can also have single loop or double loop striping.
- Adult male Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) weigh about 220 kg (480 lb) and measure about 2.9 m (9.5 ft) in length. Females are slightly smaller with an average weight of 140 kg (300 lb) and 2.5 m (8 ft) in length.