‘Kazi 106F’ is described as the India’s only Golden Tiger. It emerged as the social media sensation right from the moment its picture tweeted by IFS officer Parveen Kaswan went viral. He said that this is the only documentation of such big cat in 21st century on the planet.
Tabby tiger or Strawberry tiger: Pictures of this only ‘Tabby tiger’ or ‘Strawberry tiger’, were clicked by wildlife photographer Mayuresh Hendre in the world heritage Kaziranga National Park of Assam.
Why Different colour: According to Rabindra Sharma, Research Officer, Tigers found in Kaziranga habitat are different from the rest of the world as in territorial behavioural pattern. The skin of tigers is orange-yellow with black stripes and whitish abdominal region.
The yellowish background is controlled by a set of ‘agouti genes’ and their alleles and the black colour stripes are controlled by ‘tabby genes’ and their alleles. Suppression of any of these genes may lead to colour variation in tiger.
Source: News 18
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