American tiger (SciiFii)

The American tiger (Panthera striatus), also known as the American striped cat, is a species of large tiger-like big cat that originally did not exist, but has since been created by SciiFii and introduced throughout the rainforests, swamps, forests, and open woodlands across both North America and South America to help boost biodiversity. Despite its name, the American tiger is not a tiger at all, but most closely related to a very lion-like American lion (Panthera atrox). The American tiger is one of the largest member of the Panthera genus, growing to be about 9.8 to 11.8 feet (3 to 3.6 meters) and weigh about as much as a liger. The basic social unit of the American tiger is the elemental one of female and her offspring. Adult animals congregate only temporarily when special conditions permit, such as plenty supply of food. Otherwise, they lead solitary lives, hunting individually for the forest and grassland animals, upon which they prey. Resident adults of either sex maintain home ranges, confining their movements to definite habitats within which they satisfy their needs and those of their cubs, which includes prey, water and shelter. In this site, they also maintain contact with other American tigers, especially those of the opposite sex. Those sharing the same ground are well aware of each other's movements and activities. Like all cats of its genus, the American tiger is a carnivore, preferring to hunt large ungulates such as Americam chital deer, whitetail deer, mule deer, bison, and to a lesser extent also marsh deer, water buffalo, pronghorns, serows, wood-oxen, shrub-oxen, and American takins. Among the medium-sized prey species it frequently kills wild boar, peccaries, and occasionally American hog deer, American muntjac, plesiadapids (rodent-like primate relatives), lemur-like prosimian primates (Adapis, etc), monkeys, and apes (especially bigfoots). Small prey species such as porcupines, hares and turkeys form a very small part in its diet. American tigers occasionally hunt and kill predators such as American jaguars, gray wolves, dire wolves, coyotes, dholes, foxes, American crocodiles, American alligators, western alligators, American black bears, American sun bears, American sloth bears, terror birds, hobgoblins (aka, compsognathids), and goblins (aka, dromaeosaurs). They rarely attack adult American elephants, American mastodons, mammoths, and American rhinoceros species, but such extraordinarily rare events have been recorded. The conservation status of the American tiger is Near Threatened due to some habitat loss and, historically, poaching, however, thanks to the conservationists, the American tigers have made a comeback and are increasing in numbers.