White Tiger Socks

White tigers are one of the most popular stuffed animal tiger that kids love. There are several different types, or subspecies, of tigers, and their names reflect where they live geographically. Pressures from illegal killing, or poaching, and habitat loss have already driven three tiger subspecies to extinction (the Bali, Javan, and Caspian subspecies) while the remainder are threatened with the same fate. Today, tiger subspecies include the Indian or Bengal, Indo-Chinese, South Chinese, Sumatran, and Siberian tigers.

Tigers occupy habitats as diverse as the coniferous, mixed deciduous forests of the Russian Far East to the tropical rainforests, grasslands, and marshes of India and Indonesia. In the past, they were also found around the Caspian Sea in Turkey and Iran and on the islands of Bali and Java in Indonesia. Tigers belong to the cat family, and are the biggest of the big cats, a group which includes lions, jaguars and leopards.

Siberian tigers are the largest of all of the tiger subspecies. Their size and extra thick, long coat help them survive temperatures as low as -49 degrees Fahrenheit. Siberian tigers coats are more yellow than their tropical relatives, which are brighter in color with shorter and thinner hair. Bali tigers were the smallest of all the tigers; today, Sumatran tigers are the smallest of the living subspecies.   Shipping Info