White Tiger

Subject: Environment

Section: Species in news

Context: White tiger cubs Avani & Vyom released for public viewing at Delhi Zoo.

White Tiger:

The white tiger or bleached tiger is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the Bengal tigers, Siberian Tiger and man-made hybrids between the two
They are reported in the wild from time to time in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha in the Sundarbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa.
Such a tiger has the black stripes typical of the Bengal tiger, but carries a white or near-white coat.
The first white tiger was spotted in Madhya Pradesh’s Vindhya region, in which the Satna district falls, in 1915.
The rare breed of the big cat, which was caught for the first time, died in 1920.