Siegfried & Roy's Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat : Secret Garden Animals


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The white tiger is white with black stripes, pink paws and ice blue eyes. All subspecies of tigers can carry the recessive genes to code for a white tiger; however, white tigers born in their native habitat rarely survive due to their lack of camouflage.

	White tigers ARE NOT a subspecies, they are a genetic variation.

	White tigers ARE NOT albinos. The coloration of these animals is due to leucism, which is a lack of dark pigmentation.

Almost all white tigers in zoological facilities are descended from one Bengal tiger named Mohan that was found in India in the 1950s.

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	Golden Tigers
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	White Tigers
	Animal Facts

In accordance with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Panthera tigris is listed as endangered on the Red List of Threatened Species with some sub-species listed as critically endangered. Poaching and habitat loss are the primary reasons for the listing.