Drawing of a tiger standing over a lifeless deer.
Date published 1911
Source Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, p. 967
Author R.E.H.; engraved by Butterworth
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Britannica_Tiger.jpg
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the largest cat species, most recognisable for their pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. Tigers once ranged widely across eastern Eurasia, from the Black Sea in the west, to the Indian Ocean in the south, and from Kolyma to Sumatra in the east. |