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The only white tigers in Australia are ones in zoos. Australia has no native felids at all, and tigers are found only in Asia. White tigers are individuals of the Bengal tiger subspecies that have a genetic condition called leucism. They are not Siberian tigers, not albino, and not a unique species or subspecies - these are all common mistakes people make regarding them. In the wild, they rarely occur as leucism is passed on by recessive genes, and a white animal sticks out like a sore thumb, but when they do it is obviously in the areas that Bengal tigers live, such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal. They are much more common in captivity because people have bred them on purpose - often through inbreeding, meaning many captive white tigers have genetic defects.

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