maltese tiger
The Maltese tiger, or blue tiger, is a suspected coloration morph of a tiger, reported mostly from the Fujian Province of China. It is said to have bluish fur with dark grey stripes. The term “Maltese” comes from domestic cat terminology for blue fur, and refers to the slate grey coloration. Many cats with such colouration are present in Malta, which may have given rise to the use of the adjective in this context; however the tigers have nothing to do with the island.
Most of the Maltese tigers reported have been of the South Chinese subspecies. The South Chinese tiger today is critically endangered, and the “blue” alleles may be wholly extinct. However, “blue” tigers have also been reported from Korea, home of Amur tigers
maltese tiger belongs to the following groups:
Airbrush Art, Big Cats, Tiger, Tiger and Wildlife and Pet Paintings
BLYTHART
I’d be scared to use an airbrush; I don’t think my hand is steady enough. I’m going to “Send This” to some Redbubble friends. Incidentally, Brian Towers of Redbubble also lives in Blyth … I’ll tell him about you.
carss66
many thanks dave
Firedrake
Incredible…I’d never heard of a Maltese tiger!
carss66
many thanks,shame thay are all gone
TIMKIELY
wow , you are gifted , brillant
carss66
thanks so much timkiely
RealPainter
very very good. i do love this one….....awesome…....MORE-
—-—>carss66
many thanks realpainter
Patricia Anne ...
lovely work, is this by chance the ver rare color faze of black?
carss66 replied
thanks patricia,the tiger was blue/gray colour but has now become extinct.sorry for the bad pic
Patricia Anne ...
I understand. I have heard of the Blure tiger color fase, some have called it also a black tiger. I am not sure if the black tiger color faze is different from the blue tiger or just another possible color faze. The white tiger is a color faze of the bangle and I believe so is the tabby and ghost tiger. ao you say the blue tiger was a color faze of the Chinia tiger and now possibly Karean? I wonder if the black faze I heard of is this blue toiger faze.
carss66 replied
the black tiger is a colour faze of the chinise orange tiger.the maltise tiger is a different faze of the orange tiger but not the same as the black tiger.hope this helps
Patricia Anne ...
grrrr damn typo Os LOL sorry bout that.
Patricia Anne ...
yeah that’s what I wanted to know if they were two differnt color fazes and not just two differnt names of the same color faze. Thanks :)
carss66 replied
no problem patrica,glad to help.
dawndavies 17 days ago
many congrats on your feature, a beautiful image,dawn
carss66 replied 16 days ago
many thanks Dawn