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**Tiger**
Some species of tigers: The Indochinese Tiger. (Panthera Tigris Corbetti) The Bengal Tiger. (Panthera Tigris Tigris) The Sumatran Tiger. (Panthera Tigris Sumatrae) Extinct Tigers: The Javan, Caspian and Bali Tigers. Explain your Living Thing in terms of the four characteristics... A Tiger is a living thing because, It responds, grows and develops, It's made of one or more cells, and it can reproduce. 1)Tigers wait and attack their prey.  2)Tigers grow and develop just like humans. Except if a male tiger were to stand up on it's hind legs, he would be 8 feet tall, and a female would be 6 feet tall. 3)Tigers are made up of one or more cells because it can breathe. 4)Tigers can reproduce with a tiger of the opposite gender.

How does your LT meet its needs for air, water, shelter and food? Air- Tigers breathe air from the trees. no source. Water- Tigers can get water from rivers, streams, and ponds within their habitat. no source.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Shelter- Tigers go under a tree, or rock. If they are lucky they'll find a cave or an abandoned shelter. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">source: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_tigers_do_to_get_shelter <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">Food- They hunt to get their food by attacking the animal they are going after. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">source: [] <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">__Classification of a Tiger.__ <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Kingdom: Animalia <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Phylum: Chordata <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subphylum: Vertebrata <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Class: Mammalia <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subclass: Eutheria <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Order: Carnivora <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Family: Felidae <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subfamily: Pantherinae <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Genus: Panthera <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Species: tigris <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Subspecies: Panthera tigris altaica, Panthera tigris <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">amoyensis, Panthera tigris corbetti, Panthera tigris sumatrae, Panthera tigris <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">tigris Animalia- the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals Chordata-The highest phylum in the animal kingdom, characterized by a notochord, nerve cord, and gill slits; includes the urochordates, lancelets, and vertebrates Vertebrata-The major subphylum of the phylum Chordata including all animals with backbones, from fish to human. Mammalia-The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. Eutheria-a ll mammals except monotremes and marsupials. Carnivora- the order comprising t he carnivores Felidae- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> The biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. The most familiar felid is the domestic cat, which first became associated with humans about 10,000 years ago; <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Pantherinae- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The Pantherinae is a subfamily of the Felidae that was named and first described by Reginald Innes Pocock in 1917. Panthera- <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Panthera is a genus within the Felidae family that was named and first described by the German naturalist Oken in 1816. Tigris<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small;">-an Asian river; a tributary of the Euphrates River Panthera tigris altaica- The Siberian Tiger Panthera tigris-Tiger Panthera tigris corbetti- The Indochinese Tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae- The Sumatran Tiger Panthera tigris tigris- The Bengal Tiger