The Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus)

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The Sand Tiger Shark(Carcharias taurus)

• Kelly Griffith
• Jessica Bray

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A few Sand Tiger Sharks roaming in the Indian
Ocean, near Australia.
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Habitat

• The Sand Tiger Shark lives along the coasts of
  the western Atlantic Ocean from the Gulf of Maine
  to Argentina. They also range through the
  eastern Atlantic from Europe to North Africa and
  inhabit the Mediterranean Sea. They live
  typically in shallow water, a lot of the time
  they journey into deeper waters near the
  continental slope.

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How to Make a Living

• The Sand Tiger Shark is a scavenger. This shark
  will eat fish, crabs, turtles, mammals, sea
  birds, clams, reptiles, other sharks, and just
  about anything else that happens to come its way.

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Size Does Matter!!

• The Sand Tiger Shark can grow up to 20 feet.
• The newborns are 20-30 inches long and totally
  independent.
• The average Sand Tiger Shark is 10 feet long.
• These sharks can weigh between 200 and 300
  pounds. Somebody please call Jenny Craig!

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Life span

• The life span of the Sand Tiger Shark is unknown.
  This is because it is difficult to keep any
  shark in captivity.

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And Theyre Off!!

• The female Sand Tiger Shark retains a packet of
  15-20 eggs in each of her oviducts. The first
  embryo to develop eats all the other eggs. This
  buffet goes on for a year, until the two pups are
  born.

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Sand Tiger Shark Classification

• Kingdom Animalia
• Phylum Cordata
• Sub Phylum Vertebrata
• Class Chondrichthyes
• Subclass Elasmobranchii
• Order Lamniformes
• Family Odantaspiolidae
• Genus Carcharias
• Species Taurus

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Population Estimate

• The Sand Tiger Shark is not on the Endangered
  Species list, but it is hunted none the less.
  This is because of the fear that humans have of
  them. So, to alleviate that fear, humans go on
  killing sprees. But despite this, the population
  of Sand Tiger Sharks is still thriving.

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Bibliography

• Encyclopedia Encyclopedia Americana
• Website http//www. snap-shot. com/photos/
  fish/sharks/tiger/index.html
• Book Carrick, Carol. 1977 Sand Tiger Shark
  Clarion Books N.Y., NY