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For decades, scientists have worked to figure out how many bones tigers have, with widely differing results. Some claimed that tigers have just 300 bones, while others said that they have around 600! Well, the answer to this question depends on how you define bone and tiger.
If you count the hard hyoid bone at the root of the tongue as one bone, then there are more than 300 bones in the tiger skeleton; if you don’t, then there are fewer than 300 bones.
Skeleton very similar to lions
Tigers have a nearly straight lower jaw
Tigers have longer lower canine teeth than lions
Vertebrae, 7 necks, 13 thoracic, 7 lumbar, 3 sacral, 25-26 tail
Teeth Felids have 30 teeth
Fewer than in canid and ursid, short jaw and large canines
On each side:
-Incisors - 3 upper, 3 lower
-Canines - 1 upper, 1 lower
-Premolars - 3 upper, 2 lower
Molars - 1 upper, 1 lower Felid teeth are highly specialized for meat-eating
As in most carnivores (meat-eating animals), felid molars show great specialization for cutting and shearing meat; small cusps (tooth projections) intermesh with one another and form sharp edges capable of cutting and crushing bone (Kitchener et al. 2010). Felids are capable of consuming a wide variety of food, including bone; they have been known to consume more than 50 species of vertebrates.
According to Animal Diversity Web, adult tigers are larger than other big cats such as lions, leopards, and jaguars. Their bodies tend to be stocky and muscular with powerful legs that give them superior leaping abilities. Their tails are long with stripes that can be seen from quite far away.
Tigers are one of just three species in which both males and females have tawny fur with black stripes; tigers and snow leopards are also striped but with less-pronounced markings than lionesses. As impressive as their strength is their stamina, these great cats can run for several miles at speeds up to 45 mph.
