Do you know which animals have strips?

Striped animals are not so much.You can count only about 30 species with a similar color. Of course, the first animals that come to mind when searching for an answer to the question of which animals have stripes, these are our pets - cats. In the cat family, some more species fall under this category.

Animals in stripes

1. Tigers. Their wool in winter is 11 cm long, and in summer - only 2 cm. These are very large animals, their body length reaches 3 meters.

2. Ligry.There are one more felines that have a similar color. They are called Ligram (a hybrid of a tiger with a lion). These are very large and heavy animals, whose weight is twice the size of a lion.

3.The musk-cat, which lives exclusively on the island of Madagascar, has nothing to do with the family of cats. This fierce animal is a small civet of the viverrove family. He is from the head to the tips of the paws "spilled out" in black and white stripes. But the most valuable thing in this animal is aromatic musk, which is produced by special glands and is used by local residents in perfumery.

four.Lemurs katta are also sometimes referred to as lined felines when answering the question of which animals have stripes. Perhaps this is due to the fact that they have a similar color. However, they are, in fact, closer to monkeys than to cats. This is the most interesting animal with a striped tail, which they have an information agency.

five.The striped hyena lives in both North Africa and Asia. This is quite a large animal. Hyenas have a weight of about 60 kg, and height - 90 cm. They prefer nocturnal lifestyle and are scavengers, for which they are simply hated by noble lions and tigers.

6. Raccoon dogs.These animals are rarely remembered, thinking about the question of which animals have stripes. This animal is similar to the raccoon poloskuna, but they are not even relatives. He has a kind of "mask" on the muzzle, and the rest of the body is covered with stripes.

7. Raccoons are also baleen-striped.They are rightly called the cleanest animals, because before eating the food they get, they rinse it thoroughly in water. From where such a habit, scientists still could not understand.

8. How can you forget about zebras when answering the question about which animals have stripes? These are the most famous of the striped animals.

9. Couscous. Small animals living in Australia. They belong to the sums. They can hang on the trees for hours, even fly from branch to branch.

10. Mongoose. Who does not remember the legendary Riki-Tiki-Tavi - the hero of Kipling's fairy tales? This is a small animal that lives in India, which is actively fighting with snakes and also has a striped color.

11. There are birds in the list. Tawny owl is a striped owl, owner of a long tail and an unusually loud voice. She lives in North America.

12. Striped dabbler - a snake with a so-called rattle on the tail, which consists of rings, the resulting molt. It is a very fast and poisonous snake, but also very lazy.

13. Striped tenrek is very similar to a hedgehog. It has very small sizes - 15 cm. These animals live in Africa.

14. Meerkat. Children and adults will certainly remember the character from the cartoon "The Lion King" - Timon. This is a meerkat - a striped animal living in the Kalahari Desert.

15. Varans resemble dinosaurs. So, among them there is also a striped look. These are very large semi-aquatic animals. Their leather is used as a raw material for the manufacture of various accessories.

16. Black and white skunks that live in North America also belong to striped animals.

17. The marmozette is the smallest monkey in the world, having a body length of no more than 12 cm, and its tail is 15 cm. It is also striped.

18. There are many fish with a similar color, for example, a lionfish-zebra, a barbus and others.