Golden tiger – basic details
A golden tiger, also called tabby tiger or strawberry tiger.
Its is a tiger with a colour variation caused by a recessive gene.
They characterise blonde or pale-golden colour and reddish stripes in place of black like in normal tigers
Just like white tigers and black tigers, they aren't a separate subspecies of the tiger family as they look different only due to genetic reasons.
Their rare skin tone is a result of excessive inbreeding.
Inbreeding is defined as the probability of two alleles in an individual being identical by descent, and is normally the result of mating related individuals.
It can increase the chances of offspring being affected by deleterious or recessive traits.
The yellow skin of tigers is controlled by a set of ‘agouti genes’ while the black stripes are controlled by ‘tabby genes’ and their alleles.
Suppression of any of these genes may lead to colour variation in a tiger.
'Agouti genes interacts with the pigment cells to produce yellow to red or brown to black expression.
This interaction is responsible for making distinct light and dark bands in the hairs of animals such as the agouti here same is happening in our tigress - Kazi 106F.
Kaziranga National Park – Basic details
Kaziranga National Park is one of India’s oldest reserve areas.
It is located in Golaghat and Nagaon, in the Karbi Anglong district of Assam in northeast India.
The park is administered by the forest department of the Assam State Government.
The park also has elephants, swamp deer, wild water buffalo, etc.
It also has a wide range of flora.
It also has 15 threatened species of fauna.
It is also a breeding ground for many species of big cats like leopards and Bengal tigers.
It also has many species of birds and is designated as an ‘Important Bird Area’ by Birdlife International.
The park has about 2413 rhinos.
In March 2020, Kaziranga National Park was selected as one among the 17 Iconic Tourist Sites of the country by the Indian Government.
The National Highway 37 passes through the parking area.
The Kaziranga National Park has 250 plus seasonal water bodies, besides the Diphlu River running through it.
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