Tiger- kind of predatory mammals of the cat family, one of the four members of the genus panther which belongs to the subfamily of the big cats.Among the members of this species are found the largest felines. Tiger is one of the largest land predators, giving weight only white and brown bear. Allocated nine tiger subspecies, of which the beginning of the XXI century, preserved only six - the total population of about 4000-6500 species, of which the most numerous is the Bengal tiger (nominative subspecies) of 40% of the total population.In XX century, listed in the Red Book of the IUCN Red Data Book of Russia, as well as security documents of other countries. As of 2010 banned the hunting of tigers in the world.