Carlita and Roche during happier times. White tigers are not albino. They are a rare mutation of the Indian / Royal Bengal tiger.
Carlita and Roche during happier times. White tigers are not albino. They are a rare mutation of the Indian / Royal Bengal tiger.
And then of course there are the Detroit Tigers which are a totally different cat altogether
Thanks for the beautiful picture!
Sigfried and Roy are maintaining a Habitat in Las Vegas that keeps white tigers also.
http://www.miragehabitat.com/pages/garden_whitetiger.asp
“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.”