About John Silva Expertise I can answer almost any kind of question related to Tigers, i have the knowledge to give physical, and mental data, inclusing behaviour, diet, ...
I can give specific answer about any of the subspecies as well.
Experience Tiger Specialist, I know almost everything about Tiger and I can answer any question, even if its specific from a Tiger subspecie.
Education/Credentials PUC-Rio University, Tiger Speciallist (Big cats in general)
Question Hello,
As you can see, i am the previous Top expert on this section of Tigers. I am Raphael Heng. I have been busy with work, hence i had to quite Allexperts.
This isn't really a question, but just to tell you, I have spent some time reading some of your past answers, and feel really disappointed.
I hope that you can spend more time researching about Tiger Conservation, be it about Wild Tigers or even Captive Tigers. Please, try to research on the International Tiger Studbook.
Note that there are no purebred Bengal Tigers outside India right now. So ALL white tigers you see in Zoos all over the world, outside India are not purebred Bengals! They are all Siberian/Bengal Integrade, descended from Tony!
And also, take note of the fact that the Bengal/Siberian Integrade project in South Africa is a fraud, as I have exposed it 2 years ago.
Lastly, take note of the terms you use. Tigers do not have mane, they have ruff hair. Bengal Tigers do have ruff hair too, the males that is. Females have much shorter ruff hair. So, there is no way to judge a subspecies based on Ruff Hair length, it is used to judge Gender.
Stripe Pattern, Proportion of tail thickness, thickness of coat(Especially Winter coat) are the key indicators. When it comes to Indochinese, remember the prominent Whiskers. All subspecies have their own unique characteristic. So, do research on them. Look at more subspecies of Tigers in real life, it will help.
Thanks.
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Answer i know tigers do not have a mane, i just said "mane" because the person that asked me said that way and i knew he was not very good with the english language.
"im not that good either"
im just trying to make people understand what i mean, with a simple and understandable language, sometimes using terms that they know and use.
They are just curious and using mane instead of ruff hair makes no difference to them since we are talking about the same thing.
About stripe pattern, tail thickness, thickness fo coat etc, i know they are different, i never told they were not... the thing is that its impossible to judge it by only seeing a picture...
thats what i said.. a person gives me a picture and asks the subspecie..
i just cant tell... every picture has a different colour, angle, size, etc... i can tell which subspecie it can be or cant be but i cant be precise.
the only thing that i didnt know was the fact that there are no purebred bengals outside india, thats something i didnt know since we have here in the zoo i work a BENGAL tiger... it came from india and its documents tell its a bengal tiger, which i believe since it looks 100% like one, but again i cant tell unless we make a DNA test or something.
White tigers are something i really dont study much, but i red in alot of places that they are bengals, that only the bengal subspecie is the one that can go white, with a few exceptions of the siberian sibspecie.
