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The earliest found remains of tigers come from China and they are dated at more than 2 million years old. These early fossil remains indicate that the tiger was much smaller then than it is today. However, it is strongly believed that the tiger is related to the Saber Tooth from about 35 million years ago. They evolved into some subspecies about 25 million years ago and that is where the tiger fits in. Tigers shared a common ancestor with snow leopards that lived about 840,000 years ago.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoSaber toothed cats became extinct 10,000 years ago. They didn't evolve into any animals that exist today. Their closest living relatives are other big cats.
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∙ 12y agotigers evolved so that the could fit in the forest
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∙ 12y agoI don't think the Saber tooth or Saber-tooth tiger evolved. They died 10, 000 years ago (or so I've heard), although they are believed to be closely related to the tiger.
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∙ 11y agothey never evolve into tigers
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∙ 15y agobirds birds
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∙ 13y agoThey didnt.
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What did tigers evolve from?
Tigers evolved from a common ancestor shared with other big cats like lions, leopards, and jaguars. This ancestor dates back millions of years to a group of animals known as feliforms, which eventually diversified into the various big cat species we see today.
Why did they create tigers?
Who are they and what grotesque lab are they working in? Tigers weren't created. They evolved like Avery other animal on earth.
What other major animals evolved around the same time?
tigers sharks and bears
Why are a tiger eyes' in the front?
Tigers have evolved to have eyes in the front of their heads to chase their prey.
What do the saber-toothed cat and modern day cat have in common?
Well, all house cats have evolved from wildcats, which evolved from the earliest felines, which included saber toothed tigers.
Are lions and tigers evolved from a common ancestor cat like ancestor an example of micro evolution?
Tigers, Lions, Leopards, and Jaguars all belong to the genus Panthera, which are the cats that can roar. They probably all evolved from Viretailurus schaubi, but I don't know that for certain. The short answer to your question is that Lions and Tigers "probably" evolved from a common ancester. If you go back far enough in our evolutionary history, just about all animals share a common ancestor of some kind.
Why do tigers have brown stripes on their body?
its camaflarge (might have spelt it wrong)Tigers evolved as ambush predators, and the stripes help conceal them from their prey, making them nearly invisible in the cover they hunt from.
Did mammoths and saber toothed tigers live with dinosaurs?
No. The saber-toothed cats evolved 22 million years ago.
Why tigers don't live in groupe?
Tigers evolved as lone hunters mainly because of the habitats they occur in. Lions, being found in more open country, needed to associate to increase their chances of obtaining food. Tigers are animals of forests and jungles, and use this cover to approach prey unseen.
What prehistorical creature did apes evolve from as cats of today large and small evolved from the Sabre toothed tiger?
Cats did not evolve from sabertoothed tigers. Rather, sabertoothed cats evolved from other cats. Modern apes evolved from miocene apes, which were somewhat similar. Miocene apes evolved from some lemur-like primate, or perhaps something like a lorise. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loris
Why do tigers and lions eat flesh?
Both are obligate carnivores and evolved to eat meat. They cannot survive by eating plants and must eat meat alone.
Could bengl tigers some how be developed from humanslike we came from monkeys?
The easy answer is No they could not. We didn't technically "come from monkeys" we evolved from a common ancestor of monkeys but evolved differently. We also had a common ancestor as tigers, yet that was further up the evolutionary chain, this is shown because we are both mammals. Unfortunately, even if we used evolution to evolve new species from humans, it would go to something new, more able to survive in the particular environment they faced at that time. Tigers evolved to fit their exact ecosystem and so it would require the a new evolution of a tiger's ancient ancestors and the same climatic and environmental situations for something to evolve the same way that caused tigers to come about. I know this isn't very clear, but its a very in depth part of Biology. There are a number of texts that you can check out from your local library or from google that would explain evolution and why different animals evolved differently.
