Tigers

Support & Protection

• Endoskeleton they have an internal skeleton to support their body
• Tigers are therapsids meaning they have four limbs extending under their body
• to protect the tiger from the weather they have fur to keep them at a constant temp.
• they also have claws on their feet to catch prey and protect themselves.

Movement

• some tigers have webbed feet to help swim
• they have claws to help catch prey and protect themselves and they can use them to climb

reproduction

• since tigers are placental animals they have gestation and their gestation period is 93-112 days
• males are mature after 4 to 5 years and females is only 3 to 4 years
• a female enters her estrus cycle every 3 to 9 months and last 3 to 6 days

reproduction

• they mate initiate mating by howling and whining and the female who's ready to reproduce will reply
• they will mate several times over a period of a couple days
• the male may have more than one female mate

homeostasis

• use osmosis to diffuse water in and out of cells to balance concentration
• they excrete waste out there anus

homeostasis

• tigers are endotherms
• they create their own body heat through metabolic prosseces
• tigers also have fur and fat to keep them warm
• homoeothermic they body temp doesn't depend on outside influences

circulation

• tigers have a 4 chambered heart
• they have a closed circulatory system
• arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart and the veins bring it back without oxygen
• the aorta carries oxygenated blood straight to the brain

respiration

• the lungs bring in air which puts oxygen into the blood for the organs to absorb
• the diaphragm expands and contracts to pull O2 into the lungs and push out CO2
• hemoglobin carries the O2 in the blood

digestion

• tigers have a complete digestive tract
• a esophagus to push food to the stomach
• stomach holds digestive acids to break down food for absorbtion
• the intestines absorb nutrients that the tiger needs
• the tiger then excretes the waste out its anus

nutrition

• tigers are mainly carnivorous but sometimes they will eat fruits.
• the predate their food( the stalk their prey until the time is right to pounce and catch it)
• they eat red meat and anything living that they can catch, deer and wild boar.
• depending on where they live tigers will also eat antelope, livestock, buffalo, monkeys, frogs, fish, snakes and young elephants and rhinos.

Untitled Slide

• Your Animal." Your Animal. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.
• "Tiger Reproduction." Tiger Facts and Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Dec. 2015.

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