Question

Which of the following is a unisexual animal?
(a) Tiger
(b) Earthworm
(c) Leech
(d) Snail

Answer 1

Hint: This organism is the largest cat species and a member of the genus Panthera and has black or dark stripes on orange-brown fur with a lighter underside.

Complete answer:
The animals which have a reproductive structure that is either functionally male or functionally female are known as unisexual animals. In simpler words the organism is either male or female; in plants, this condition is often called dioecism. The sexes are mostly separate in animals i.e. they are unisexual (male & female) like dogs, cats, humans, tiger, etc. Another unisexual organism is Ascaris.
-The tiger is strong, powerful and one of nature's most feared predators. Being an apex predator it primarily preys on ungulates such as deer and wild boar.
- Tigers can reach a length of 11 feet, weigh as much as 300 kilograms, can easily jump over 5 meters in length, and can reach speeds of 65 km/hr (~40 mph) . The Sumatran Tiger, Siberian Tiger, Bengal Tiger, South China Tiger, Malayan Tiger, and Indochinese Tiger are subspecies of the tiger. Humans are the primary cause of the endangerment of the subspecies of the tiger through hunting and the destruction of habitats.
- Nearly half of tiger cubs don’t live beyond two years of age as they leave their mother when they are around 2 years of age.
- A group of tigers is known as an ‘ambush’ or ‘streak’ and they are good swimmers and can swim up to 6 kilometers.
-The white tigers carry a gene that is only present in around 1 in every 10000 tigers.
- Tigers are generally solitary creatures and reproduce sexually. The female tigers usually give birth to several offspring at a time. It is observed that comparatively, sexual maturity occurs earlier in female tigers than in their male counterparts.
- The baby of the cross of a tiger and a lion is known as tigons and ligers.
So, the correct answer is ‘Tiger’.

Note: The organisms which have both the sexes i.e. male and female in the same organism is known as bisexual organisms or hermaphrodite organisms. Examples of bisexual organisms are earth-worm, snail, tape-worm, leech, sponge, etc.