Son of the tiger

Name and species of Ibn al-Nimr

In Arabic, Ibn al-Nimr is called al-Fazar.^[XNUMX] Or Hermas,^[XNUMX]In English, it is called (Tigger cub or whelp), and it belongs to the family of felines or big cats.^[XNUMX] The following is the most important information about the classification of tigers:^[XNUMX]

Kingdom)

Tigers belong to the animal kingdom because all their organs are multicellular, and they are non-autotrophic animals, meaning they depend on prey from other animals to obtain their food.

Division (Phylum)

Tigers belong to the family of chordates (in English: Chordata), because they contain a cord of vertebrae in their back, in addition to a nerve cord, and a prominent tail behind them.

Category

Tigers belong to the class of mammals (in English: Mammalia), because they produce the milk on which their young feed, like all other mammals, and they have three bones in the middle ear, and fur on their skin.

Rank

Tigers are predatory carnivores (in English: Carnivora), because they depend for their nutrition on preying on other animals themselves and eating their meat to produce energy.

Family

Tigers belong to the Felidae family, and this family is distinguished by the fact that all its members are good hunters.

The birth of the tiger's son

The duration of a female tiger's pregnancy is about three and a half months, and the effects of pregnancy do not appear on her until the last 10-12 days before giving birth. She spends her last days before giving birth searching for a safe place to give birth, to protect her young from other predatory animals.^[XNUMX]

The number of tiger cubs per birth may reach 7, but their average number is often only three. Tigers wait 18-24 months between one birth and the next. Tiger cubs are blind at the beginning of their birth, and are completely dependent on their mother for a few weeks until they are able to... From sight, the weight of the tiger's son ranges between 785-1,610 grams.^[XNUMX]

The form of the son of a tiger

The tiger's son is distinguished by the beauty of his appearance and the color of his golden striped fur, but this does not mean that all species are similar and have the same color. The color of the tiger's son varies depending on its habitat, and takes on shades of color between light pink to golden, or dark brown.^[XNUMX]

What determines the degree of color and nature of the tiger’s fur pattern is the environment in which it is found, because the color of its fur helps it camouflage and hide. For example, the Siberian tiger in the north has a light color of its fur, while it gets darker in the south, and with the color the spots and lines on its fur change.^[XNUMX] Under the fur of young tiger puppies there is a soft layer of fat that gives them warmth in the cold winter, keeps them dry and protects them from getting wet when it rains or snows.^[XNUMX]

A tiger's son is born without teeth like humans. After a few weeks, baby teeth sprout, then they also fall out like humans, and permanent teeth emerge in their place. When the length of these teeth reaches full growth, they reach about 7.5 cm, and their length suits their function in hunting other animals, as tigers need them. Bite prey and kill it to feed on it.^[XNUMX]

Tigers are born with 4 claws, in addition to a special fifth claw called (dewclaw) located on the back legs, which helps them walk when they are young, and catch prey when they mature. The claws are small and soft when young, but they become harder with adulthood, and the length of a tiger's claw reaches approximately 10 cm. These claws help it climb trees, plant prey, and cling to it while chasing it.^[XNUMX]

Behaviors of the son of the tiger

The tiger's son begins to play with his siblings and peers of his own kind as soon as he reaches the age of four months, and his size at that time is approximately the size of a medium-sized dog. Eating food depends on a hierarchical hierarchy, as the stronger cubs eat the larger share of the food, and male cubs usually get more food. Of the small female share.^[XNUMX]

The tiger son separates from his mother at the age of 17-24 months, and begins to rely on himself and move away from his parents’ areas when he reaches the age of 5 years, then he takes his own area to settle in.^[XNUMX]

The adult tiger tends to be isolated, and the most active time is at dusk, because this enables it to hide from the eyes of prey. It also has the ability to climb and swim. It is a skilled swimmer and loves to chase prey in the water, in addition to its love to relax in shady places, in order to reduce His body temperature.^[XNUMX]

The voice of Ibn Al-Nimr

The son of a tiger makes a sound similar to a meow when he wants to communicate with his parents or one of his fellow tigers. The roar is considered the sound of tigers (in English: prusten or chuff) to greet each other, as their mouths remain closed while air rushes from their noses.^[XNUMX]

Nutrition of the tiger's son

At birth, the tiger's son depends on the mother's milk for his food. When he is six months old, he is weaned from the mother's milk completely. When he is 6-8 weeks old, the tiger cub can eat different foods, and depends for his food on the meat that the mother brings in the form of snacks. miscellaneous.^[XNUMX]

When the tiger cub reaches the age of 8-10 months, it begins to go out with its mother in search of food, and it is reported that the first thing the tiger cubs generally eat is cattle, deer, and pigs.^[XNUMX]

Caring for the son of a tiger

The baby tiger is characterized by its weak structure, especially in the first months of its birth. The mortality rate of the baby tiger reaches approximately 50% or more during this period, due to the various attacks it is exposed to from other tigers or other animals such as dogs or snakes.^[13]

Therefore, mother tigers devote great attention to preserving the lives of their tiger children at this stage.^[13] It is worth noting that young tigers are blind when they are born, and remain so for up to two weeks.^[XNUMX]