Tiger running speed

The tiger is one of the fastest animals in the world, with a speed of 80 kilometers per hour.

Tigers are typical mountain animals, which can survive well from tropical rain forests and evergreen broad-leaved forests in the south to deciduous broad-leaved forests and mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests in the north. In the northeast of China, it often appears in mountainous areas, such as ridges, bushes, rock or gravel ponds, etc. In order to hunt.

Tigers often act alone, and only in the breeding season do males and females live together. There are no fixed nests, and most of them wander in the mountains for food. Can swim. Due to the development of forest areas and the surge of population, remote areas have developed into villages and towns in the past, and tigers often forage near forest settlements. Tigers are more active at dusk, more dormant during the day and rarely come out without being disturbed.

Botanical history

Tigers evolved from eating meat in ancient times. In the Early Tertiary, there were several branches of ancient carnivores similar to cats: one of them was the ancient cheetah, which evolved into the present cheetah in various geological periods; One is the Gu Jian Toothed Tiger with highly specialized canine teeth; One is a pseudo saber-toothed tiger similar to Gu Jian saber-toothed tiger; The last one is an ancient cat.

Among them, the tiger-shaped ancient cat is the ancestor of today's tiger. Later, ancient cats were divided into three branches: real cats, cat-fearing cats and real saber-toothed tigers. After that, both of them became extinct in the Quaternary Ice Age. Only real cats survived, and they were divided into two groups, cats and leopards, which lasted until 2 1 century. Today, the tiger is a member of the leopard family.