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22-APR-2006

IMG_6220.JPG

This is a white tiger, apparently sometimes referred to as the Bengal tiger. Initially a white tiger was in fact a wild albino tiger (blue eyes, pink nose, and creamy white fur).
However some indian Maradja whose name I do not recall succeeded in creating a white tiger species.

All white tigers belong to the Bengal tiger species. Only these tigers have the double recessive gene that causes the white coloring of their coat.

White tigers are only found in zoos or reserves, they do not, to my knowledge, exist in the wild: any wild white tiger is in fact a real albinos.


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