What is a gold tiger?
The Golden Tiger, also called the Golden Tarby Tiger, is a tiger that is characterized by an unusual color of the golden red color. The animal is extremely rare, with global estimates from the World Fund of Wild Animals they are around 30 in 2011. All known gold tigers live in captivity, usually in refuge or parks. The zoo rarely contains them, partly because of how rare they are.
The coat of the gold tiger is a mixture of white, cream and light orange fur. Her stripes are usually colored. Some specialists in wild animals refer to the golden tiger as "strawberry tiger" because the color of his fur is often what many would call Strawberry blonde. They are indigenous for Southeast Asia, especially India, but it was not known that they have existed in the wild since the beginning of the 20th century.
Gold tigers are not a separate type of tiger. Their coloring is caused by genetic mutation, as well as a white tiger. White tigers are also rare and also exist exclusively in captivity. ExistE, however, much more white tigers than the golden tabby tigers.
Most gold tigers draw a line from the Bengal breed of the most common tiger in the Indian subcontinent. Tigers usually also have a line that follows back to the Tiger Tigers from Russia, China and Siberia. Many zoologists believe that a unique color on the gold tiger is a direct result of this mixed line.
The differences between the gold tiger and either the Bengal or the Armurian tiger are immediately obvious. Bengal and the Armor Tiger types are clear orange colors with pulsating black stripes and black faces. On the other hand, the gold tiger is much softer, with stripes brownish red. His face is usually a mixture of white and light orange.
When they wandered in the wild, they often believed that the golden tigers of herbal herbal or mystical properties. Were the subject of legend and traditions throughout Asia, but especially in Indiaand China. These tigers have always been rare, but largely decreased in the population due to hunting and poaching. Pelti from the Golden Tiger brought much higher prices than the prices of ordinary black and orange tigers and were valued by Emperor and Rajahs.
The distribution of tigers in zoos and wild parks takes into account the rarity and probability of reproductive success of the animal. Almost all gold tabbies are protected from the public's eyes in remote wild centers. We hope that one day they will regenerate enough to extend, or maybe even re -embedded in nature.
breeding is often a challenge, but partly because of the genetic foundation of the color pattern. The mating of two golden tabbias does not guarantee golden offspring. The chances are better with familiar gene carriers, but your reality remains that the vast majority of born tigers bears dominant color.