Tigres de Bengala/Siberiano Blancos

White tigers are not a distinct species, nor are they albino. Rather, they are Bengal/Siberian tigers with recessive traits that manifest as white fur and blue eyes. “Stripeless” tigers, like the cub in the back of the picture, have very faint stripes, and are seen as an even more exceptional anomaly.

There are six subspecies of tiger alive today: Bengal, Malayan, IndoChinese, Siberian, South China, and Sumatran, all of whom are endangered. The total population of wild tigers worldwide is estimated between 4,600-7,700 -- a 95% decrease in the last 100 years alone. This has been due to excessive poaching to acquire the animals’ fur, along with large amounts of habitat destruction.