0
It's possible, but rare. Normally it would be a white tiger if two white tigers mated and made cubs.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
How did the orange tiger become a white tiger?
Orange tigers don't become white, they are born white. White tigers occur when two other tigers both have a rare white gene.
Can a orange tiger and white tiger have a white tiger?
Yes they can, it has nothing to do with them being orange or white, two white tigers can have a normal orange cub just like two orange tigers can have a white cub. It all has to do with their gene pool and which genes are recessive and when.
Are tigers black with orange stripes or orange with black stripes?
As a matter of fact yes, all tigers have stripes unless it is some sort of hybrid. But usually the hybrids still have stripes.
What colors are tigers?
Tigers are born in a color range from Black with orange stripes, to Snow White with faint golden stripes. The most common colors of tigers these days are red-orange with black stripes, and the rarest color is the Snow white tiger with golden stripes. Less common colors are: -- Golden Tabby Tiger, an exceedingly faded orange into white and light reddish stripes -- Normal White tiger, with pitch black stripes -- Blue colored or Maltese Tiger -- Black or Melanistic tiger. * The last two colors have not been seen for a century or more, but there are photos on the web.
Can a white tiger and a normal bangel tiger mate if so what color is there cub?
Heterozygous - White gene carrier Homozygous - No white gene White tigers are not albinos and do not constitute a separate subspecies of their own and can breed with orange ones, although all of the resulting offspring will be heterozygous for the recessive white gene, and their fur will be orange. The only exception would be if the orange parent was itself already a heterozygous tiger, which would give each cub a 50% chance of being either double-recessive white or heterozygous orange. If two heterozygous tigers, or heterozygotes, breed on average 25% of their offspring will be white, 50% will be heterozygous orange (white gene carriers) and 25% will be homozygous orange, with no white genes. In the 1970s a pair of heterozygous orange tigers named Sashi and Ravi produced 13 cubs in Alipore Zoo, of which 3 were white. If two white tigers breed, 100% of their cubs will be homozygous white tigers. A tiger which is homozygous for the white gene may also be heterozygous or homozygous for many different genes. The question of whether a tiger is heterozygous (a heterozygote) or homozygous (a homozygote) depends on the context of which gene is being discussed. Inbreeding promotes homozygosity and has been used as a strategy to produce white tigers. (From Wikipedia)
What to colors are tigers?
There is no correct answer for this question. No two tigers are the same. Their stripes are actually like human fingerprints, there are no two the same. The number of stripes differs by tiger, they can range anywhere between 20-50 stripes. Sometimes the stripes cover their body 100%, making them completely black. This is what a black panther is, a tiger or jaguar which is completely black.
Are white tigers endangered species?
no they are not because they are not different species from the orange tigers. A white tiger is a tiger with a recessive gene that creates the pale coloration. Another genetic characteristic makes the stripes of the tiger very pale; white tigers of this type are called snow-white or "pure white". This occurs when a tiger inherits two copies of the recessive gene for the paler coloration, which is rare.
How many baby do white tigers have?
White Tigers usually have 3 to 5 babiesthree or two
What are facts about white Bengal tigers?
White Bengal Tigers are Bengal tigers that are white with gray stripes. Most species of tigers have white individuals, but the most common are Bengals. White tigers once existed in the wild, but the last wild white tiger was seen in 1958. The genes that cause white tigers have vanished from wild populations as the have shrunken vastly inrecent decades.However, a number of white tigers exist in captivity, the descendants of wild white tigers that were captured. In order for a tiger to be white, it has to have two copies of the gene for whiteness. This means that in order to be sure of getting a white tiger, breeders must breed two white tigers. This means that many breeders inbreed their white tigers in order to get more of the valuable white ones. This is much easier that trying to find unrelated white tigers to breed, but causes the animals to be inbred; the tigers have unusually large numbers of double-recessive genes, and little genetic variety. These white tigers are less healthy than non-inbred tigers and can have diseases, deformities, and decreased fertility.However, there is nothing inherently unhealthy about tigers with the white gene; it does occur naturally. White tigers are unhealthy only because humans interfere with tiger breeding to produce more white tigers than would naturally occur. Some non-inbred white tigers do exist, as well as inbred orange tigers with health problems.Because of the excessive inbreeding practiced on white tigers, some groups oppose the breeding of any white tigers. The opposition is usually grounds that it is unhealthy for them to exist, that they are bred at the expense of breeding healthy orange tigers, and that selective breeding for the white genes is detrimental to the genetic diversity of all captive tigers. Maintaining genetic diversity amount captive tigers is considered important because wild populations are declining and could vanish.
What is the difference between a regulsr tiger and a snow tiger?
Regular tigers are actually just orange tigers. Snow tigers are just tigers whose parents had white genes, which is like white paint. When the two parents got together and had babies, the white genes "painted" the tiger white with black stripes. White tigers can live in hot or cold climates. Even though this ability is capable of them, they cannot and DO NOT live in the wild. See, part of the reason tigers are successful at hunting and getting food is because they can blend in with the grass. If they are white, then they can be seen easily. BYe>
Why do tigers have spots on them?
Albino tigers don't have any stripes, they are completely White. Even if you shaved them they wouldn't have the stripes marks that other tigers have. White tigers are the ones that have black stripes. They can also have grey or chocolate colored stripes. They white coloring because both parents carried the recessive gene. White tigers do not blend in well with their environment, so it is not for camouflage.
How long until the White Tiger become's Extinct?
White tigers are all decended from a very small number of wild caught white tigers. There are very few if any white tigers currently in the wild. However as a white tiger can be born to two normal coloured tigers and is not a species in itself, it will go extinct when all tigers are extinct
