Snow tigers
WV2209/2025
Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.
A snow tiger, or Panthera tigris, is a Bengal tiger with a coat that is white instead of the more common orange hue. Snow tigers are not a distinct species. Also known as white tigers, snow tigers are not albinos. The white coloration occurs when each parent transmits the recessive gene for white fur, an extremely rare occurrence in the wild. A snow tiger's white coat usually has dark stripes, much like that of an orange-colored Bengal tiger, although occasionally one is born without stripes or with stripes so pale as to be barely noticeable. (wikipedia)
Snow tigers
WV2209/2025
Coloured pencils & ecoline ink on Steinbach paper.
A snow tiger, or Panthera tigris, is a Bengal tiger with a coat that is white instead of the more common orange hue. Snow tigers are not a distinct species. Also known as white tigers, snow tigers are not albinos. The white coloration occurs when each parent transmits the recessive gene for white fur, an extremely rare occurrence in the wild. A snow tiger's white coat usually has dark stripes, much like that of an orange-colored Bengal tiger, although occasionally one is born without stripes or with stripes so pale as to be barely noticeable. (wikipedia)