Tigers come from the cat family. They have very unique coloring. The tigers are most recognizable from the cat fmily. They have dark orange color with the black stripes all over their body. Tigers have over 100 stripes. The stripes on the tiger are like the finger prints of the human. Each tiger has their own unique stripe paterns for whitch we can recognize them. Like most cat family member tigers have black spots on the back of their ears. These incredible animals are reaching up to 13 feet in length and 660 pounds in weight. The larger suspecie of tiger is the Siberian tiger.