re: Would one of you mind telling me where the Tiger mascot came from?

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Tiger is the largest living member of the cat family. It has a graceful build. The reddish yellow coat with black stripes gives it a royal look. Its ears are black on the outside and each of them has a prominent white spot on it. The scientific name of tiger is 'Panthera tigris'. The origin of the cat family from what we know today is Siberia. From there, they migrated down south as the climate became colder. Tigers are found in Siberia, Manchuria and the Asian continent. In Asia, India and Malaysia are the two prominent countries where tigers live. The Indian tigers, the Royal Bengal tigers are the most graceful animals found in Sundarban in Bengal.In India we had over forty thousand tigers in the beginning of the 20th century. Today it is very sad to note that the statistics are much lower. The reasons for tigers becoming an endangered species are uncontrolled felling of trees resulting in the shrinkage of the habitat of the tiger, decrease of preys, increase of poaching for its beautiful skin.

The tiger lives in varied habitats: open jungles, humid evergreen forests and mango grove swamps. Its diet consists mainly of deer, antelopes, gaurs and wild Aggies.

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