Tiger

Tigers are large, striped cats native to Asia and present in Clan mythology.

Description
Tigers are large orange cats with white on the back and sides of their legs, their tails, chest, next, belly and face, and  black stripes that slice across their bodies. The stripes can be found all over the body of a tiger. The stripes are the most clustered at their face and tail and more loosely clustered on their torso and legs.

There are genetic mutations where a tiger can appear to be another color than normal; for example, a genetic mutation might lead to a tiger being fully white, minus its stripes. There are also supposed sightings of a 'blue tiger with dark gray stripes,' though its existance is unconfirmed, which people refer to as the Maltese Tiger, supposedly located in China.

A fully-grown tiger can grow to about 670 lbs. (306 kg.) and be approximately 11 feet (3.3 m.) long, though they average about 650 lbs. (approx 297 kg.) and 10 ft. (3 m.) There are no notable differences between a male or female tiger, minus the fact that males are normally larger than females. There are also no differences between a tiger cub and a full-grown tiger, other than the fact that there is sometimes more white on a cub than on an adult, and, of course, size differences.

Relations to Clan Cats

 * TigerClan is present in Clan mythology as a dark Clan of big cats that were banished to only move around at night after kidnapping Petalkit from LionClan. For this they gained their black stripes, and passed down the ability to hunt at night to the Clan cats.


 * The name of TigerClan was adopted by Tigerstar when he united ShadowClan and RiverClan to attempt to overtake the forest.


 * Tigers are also remembered by the Clans through names (e.g, Tigerstar and Tigerheart).