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Tiger Trivia Quiz Questions With Answers
Printable animal trivia quiz questions about Tigers with answers.
Easy Animal Trivia Questions
What is a tiger?
A: The tiger is the largest cat species.
Tigers are most recognizable for their what?
A: Pattern of dark vertical stripes on
reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside.
The species is classified in the genus Panthera
with what other big cats?
A: The lion, leopard, jaguar and snow leopard.
Tigers are apex predators, primarily preying on
ungulates such as what?
A: Deer and bovids.
A: Solitary but social.
Tigers require large contiguous areas of habitat that what?
A: Support their prey requirements.
Tigers once ranged widely across what continent?
A: Asia.
Over the past 100 years, they have lost how much of their historic range?
A: 93%.
The remaining six tiger subspecies have been classified as what by the (IUCN)?
A: Endangered.
The global population in the wild is estimated to number how many?
A: Between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around 100,000 at the start of the 20th century.
A 2016 global census estimated the population of wild tigers at approximately how many individuals?
A: 3,890.
What are the major reasons for the population decline?
A: Habitat destruction, habitat fragmentation and poaching.
In 2016, wildlife conservation group at WWF declared what?
A: That world's count of wild tigers has risen for the first time in a century.
The tiger's stripes are also found on the skin, so that if it were to be shaved, its distinctive coat pattern would what?
A: Still be visible.
Tigers have a mane-like heavy growth of fur around the neck and jaws and long what?
A: Whiskers, especially in males.
The pupils are what shape?
A: Circular with yellow irises.
Where do the small rounded ears have a prominent white spot?
A: On the back, surrounded by black.
These false "eyespots", are called what?
A: Ocelli, and play a role in communication.
The oldest recorded captive tiger lived for how long?
A: 26 years.
Tigers are strong swimmers and often deliberately bathe in ponds, lakes and rivers as a means of what?
A: Keeping cool in the heat of the day.
An adult of either sex will sometimes do what with its kill?
A: Share it with others, even those who may not be related to them.
