Why do tigers have stripes? The other big cats tend to have spots.
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β’ Your earlier correspondentβs discussion (The Last Word, 23 April) of the tigerβs stripes was excellent. However I must take issue with the comment βwith no other striped cats around besides tigersβ.
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The tiger may be the only large striped cat but there are a number of smaller striped wild cats. The (Felis silvestris) and its subspecies are striped. The (Felis margarita) is striped and the (Prionailurus viverrinus) has both stripes and spots that vary in dominance depending on the individual animal.
David S. Rubin By email, no address supplied
