THE TIGER {Felis iigris) 



The Tiger is a typical member of the Cat family {Felidce), 

 which includes the most specialized forms belonging to the order 

 of flesh-eating mammals. Tigers have a wide range, from India 

 to south-east and east Asia, and the variety which lives in the 

 more northerly part of the last area is possessed of a thick almost 

 woolly coat. The animal figured is one of the familiar Indian 

 kind, sometimes distinguished by the name of Royal or Bengal 

 tiger. 



The striped skin of this creature is a typical case of aggres- 

 sive general coloration, harmonizing with the colour-scheme and 

 confused light and shade of his native haunts, and thereby pre- 

 venting the contemplated prey from taking premature alarm. 



