White Tiger
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The White Tiger, also known as the White Bengal Tiger, is often thought to be a different species. It naturally occurs due to an unusual gene present in both parents, which happens once in 10,000 births. For a tiger to be white, it must possess the recessive gene or be albino. The light pigmentation is due to the cub inheriting the recessive gene from both sides. They have pink noses, pink paws, gray-white spotted faces, ice-blue eyes, and a coat ranging from white to cream with black-gray-brown stripes. White tigers can mate with orange ones, but the offspring will be heterozygous for the recessive gene, and their fur will be orange. The only exception is if the orange tiger mated with is also heterozygous for the recessive gene, then there is a 50% chance the cub will have double recessive genes and be white. Compared to normal pigmented orange tigers, white tigers are observed to be larger at birth and later stages.
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