Unlike other animals, the gene responsible for blue eyes is linked to white fur. White fur is also linked to an inherited trait following a Mendelian recessive pattern, including blue eyes.

Indra is a 3-year-old female leucistic tiger with white fur and pale blue eyes. Leucistic tigers, better known as white tigers, get their white fur due to a rare mutation known as leucism ...

Science may not be totally sure how the tiger got its stripes ... White tigers have black or brown stripes, white fur, blue eyes, pink noses and pink paw pads. They’re not albino, as they ...

White tigers were first recorded in India in the 1500s, but the last wild one was shot in 1958. Still, this spectral animal thrives in captivity. Its captivating white coat and blue eyes have made ...

Their piercing blue eyes and striking monochrome fur have made white tigers a sought ... and paying money to see them.' Another white tiger at Big Cat Rescue, Zabu, was left with a permanent ...

“There’s just something about that cat with the ice-blue eyes and that ... the unique white fur. “If you breed two white tigers, you don’t necessarily get a white tiger,” Magill said.

Unlike albinism, leucism allows for the presence of stripes and blue eyes. The Maharaja of ... is known as the “snow white” tiger and has pure white fur. It’s usually the result of ...

White tiger is a rare sight and there are grim ... This gives them unique white fur and blue eyes. There are only three or four national parks in India where white tigers live.

They studied 16 captive white tigers from three parents. The results were published on Thursday in the Current Biology journal. The colour of the fur, stripes and eye of the tiger is determined ...