Brown Eyed Tiger Cub
by Stephanie Grant
Title
Brown Eyed Tiger Cub
Artist
Stephanie Grant
Medium
Digital Art - Digital / Photography
Description
This digital image is from a photograph of an original mixed media work. One of a set of three cubs each with a different eye color.
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 3.38 m (11.1 ft) over curves and weighing up to 388.7 kg (857 lb) in the wild. Its most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. The species is classified in the genus Panthera with the lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard. Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on ungulates such as deer and bovids. They are territorial and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements. This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant conflicts with humans.
Tigers once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali, and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical mangrove swamps. The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as endangered by IUCN. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century, with most remaining populations occurring in small pockets isolated from each other. Major reasons for population decline include habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching. The extent of area occupied by tigers is estimated at less than 1,184,911 km2(457,497 sq mi), a 41% decline from the area estimated in the mid-1990s.
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November 6th, 2014
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Comments (33)
Nina Stavlund
OMGosh so cute! Beautiful art work Stephanie! Featured in ♥ Cats are Lovable ♥ :o)
Stephanie Grant replied:
Thank you so much Nina, for the feature in Cats are Lovable, I really appreciate it!
Stephanie Grant
Thank you so much, Digital Designs, for featuring this in FAA Portraits Cats and Dogs