The first wild albino Bengal tiger was discovered in 195 1 year by Maharajamartand Singh, a local Indian king, while hunting in Martan.

The little white tiger was only 9 months old when it was found. Martan took this special tiger back to the palace and named it Mohan, which means confusion.

Since then, there have been some reports of witnessing white tigers in the wild, but none of them have been confirmed. Hundreds of existing white tigers in the world are their descendants. Bengal White Tiger is a world-class protected animal and a national treasure of India. There are only about 2 10 white tigers left in the world.

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Bengal white tiger is often mistaken for albinism, but it is not. A truly albino tiger has no stripes. Bengal white tiger has normal black or dark brown stripes.

White tiger has white hair because of gene mutation. The mutated gene is recessive. Even if both parents have white recessive alleles, there is only a quarter chance of giving birth to a white tiger, which is too conspicuous to survive in the wild.

It is known that only Bengal tiger has the above recessive gene, but many artificially raised white tigers are hybrids of Bengal tiger and Northeast tiger. Due to the limited gene pool, the offspring of a pair of white tigers often have many health problems, such as strabismus and weak resistance.

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