The Endangered Species : White Tiger

The white tiger is a rare pigmentation variant of the Bengal Tiger, which is reported in the wild from time to time in Assam, Bengal, Bihar and especially in the former State of Rewa.

White tigers are distinct for the normal colouration in that they lack the pheomelanin pigment that in normal tigers produces the orange colour. They still produce the pigment, eumelanin, and hence are not considered albino. Compared to normal tigers without the white gene, white tigers tend to be somewhat bigger, both at birth and as fully grown adults.



Tigers are the top predator in the food chain that keeps the eco-system going in tropical jungles of Asia. When they vanish due to poaching and lack of habitat, they take away with them an important link in the food chain. Tigers help keep the population of herbivores like Deers, Wild Buffaloes, Antelopes and Omnivores like Boars in the jungle. Nature is finally balanced with the right proportion of predators for prey. By taking away one important predator, prey will increase at the cost of habitat which finally impacts mankind.

Food Chain of the white tiger

Fungus -> Artic Foxes -> White Tiger -> Polar Bear

Food Web including the White Tiger




Interesting Facts of White Tiger

1. White tigers have blue eyes. Yet, you need to understand that white tiger is not a species. It means they are just variation of the normal orange tiger.

2. White tigers are valuable. What you need to know is that the tiger has the worth of $60,000. The main reason why white tiger costs so much is because of the rare aspect.

3. Swimming ability of white tigers is impressive. In fact, they can really swim well even to hunt their prey in the water.

Endangered of White Tigers

White Tiger are getting extinction sooner or later is because the tigers are endangered due to loss of habitat, poaching and genetic inbreeding and also human is also a contributing factor to endangerment of white tigers.

How to conserve white tigers?

We can conserve by preventing people from poaching and hunting because most tigers die as a result of poaching and hunting, or we can create a organisation focusing on the these kind of activities, by whatever legal means are available to them.

So lets encourage people not to poach or hunt the White Tigers as its extinction rate is getting higher!

WHITE TIGERS ARE ADORABLE <3