Bengal Tigers

By Aidan Coughlin

Bengal Tiger structural adaptations• The tiger has a striped coat to hide in tall grass and then strike at there prey.• They also have sharp teeth and strong jaws to kill the prey instantly giving it no

time to escape.• Sharp claws help a tiger by being able to dig into animals to get out the meat.• Tigers have big paws to wack the preys neck and kill it.• Good eye site is important so they can spot prey and be ready to attack.

Behavioral Adaptatioms

• The tiger hunts at night because they are nocturnal and the prey won’t see them coming.

• They also rest in dens to stay cool on hot days.• Tigers pounce to surprise their prey by hiding.

Then they pounce puonce on them.• When a tiger kills it’s prey they do it instantly

so they have no time to escape

Habitat

• The tiger lives in the grasslands.• It lives in the southern part of China.• Bengal tigers make dens to stay cool on hot

days.• They need tall grass to hide in.

Diet• The tiger is a carnivore and typically eats deer.• It also eats buffalo, pig, cow, sheep, and any other large

animal.• The tiger will eat any animal they can find, they also store

food in their den when the supply is low.• When they don’t eat all their food they will store it in their

den.

Food chain• A food chain that tiger could be a member of is.

• Sun flower deer tiger

Resources

• Bengal Tigers by Lyn A. Sirota• www.nationalgeographic.com