Royal white tiger
INTRODUCTION
The royal white tiger is not a species with whole share. In fact it belongs to the family of the Bengal tigers.
This tiger has a genetic anomaly called the “leucistism” which gives him the white color. It should not either be confused with an albino because the albino tiger, contrary to the white tiger, does not have any stripes on the body and has the pink eyes.
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This recessive gene giving the colour of peeling was also seen at others under species like the Siberian tiger.
ORIGIN
The white tigers start to make speak about them towards the end of the 19th century. It is indeed at this time that some specimens are announced.
The ancestor of all the white tigers is without any doubt Mohan, a young Bengal tiger of which here history :
Mohan was born in the forest from Bandhavgarh with his/her 2 brothers and sisters. 25 May 1951, he east saw by a logger. The following day, a forwarding left at the fine content the forest to find it. The mother and the small ones were killed by the fighters and the young tiger was taken along alive near the Maharajah de Rewa who appointed it Mohan.
When it was in age to procreate, one forwarded an appointed female Begum to him. They had together 2 ranges whose small ones were all of russet-red colour. Decided well to have several specimens of white tiger, one forwarded to Mohan a new appointed female Radha which was not other than his/her own daughter. They had a range of 4 babies which all were born white. Thus the myth began from the white tiger.
The 4 small ones of Mohan, 1 male and 3 females, were respectively called Rajah, Rani, Sukeshi and Mohini. The range was also used to perpetuate the line of the white tigers.
Mohan died on 19 September 1969 at the 19 years and 7 months age. All the white tigers go down from this single individual. Mohan was stuff and exposed to the museum of the Maharajah de Rewa.
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