I always thought the white and black striped tigers were the Siberian Tigers. But, recently, I heard that the orange and black striped tigers are Siberian. Well, if so, what are the black-and white striped tigers called? - Jinx
“White tigers” aren’t a separate variety or sub-species of tiger, but a mutation which occasionally occurs among normal-colored orange-and-black tigers. In fact, white tigers are from India, (“Bengal tigers” or Panthera tigris tigris) and none have been reported from the Siberian sub-species (Panthera tigris altaica).
Albinos
They are simply mutants, sort of a partial albino. They lack the orange color, but not the black. They are basically found only in captivity (aside from a rare mutant in the wild).
Siberian Tigers on the other hand are a subspecies native to northern Asia. They are normally colored, but are very large and thickly furred.
No, black and white striped tigers are not albinos. And according to this, even white tigers are not true albinos, but are the result of a recessive gene.
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I guess I always assumed the white tigers were Siberian to blend in with the snow as camouflage. And also, I never thought about this, but if I were exiled to Siberia, would I have tigers to deal with along with the harsh, frozen tundra environment??? - Jinx
A picture of a Siberian tiger.
Alas, not really. There are no more than a few hundred of them left. (They also don’t really range across all of Siberia; even historically the range of the Siberian or Amur tiger was confined to forested and mountainous areas of Manchuria, the Korean peninsula, and adjacent areas, and nowadays they are found only in a section of Russia’s Pacific Far East.)
