White tiger, also known as Bengal white tiger and albino Bengal tiger, is a variety of Bengal tiger, not albino tiger. Due to gene mutation, the orange-yellow hair of Bengal tiger with black stripes turned into black-brown stripes on white background. The first wild white tiger was found and captured in India. It was named Mohan, which means "confusing". Hundreds of existing white tigers in the world are their descendants.

White tigers are different in color from ordinary Bengal tigers. They have pink noses, white to cream fur and black, gray or brown stripes. White tiger's eyes are usually light blue, but some are green or amber. Except for different colors, white tigers are no different from ordinary tigers in life habits and physical characteristics. Wild white tigers are extremely rare, and it is very difficult to survive in nature because of the lack of protective color.

In the wild, it may take 10000 tigers to have a white tiger. The appearance of white tiger is changed by the combination of two recessive genes. Only Bengal tiger is known to possess the recessive gene. Even if both parents have recessive genes, there is only a quarter chance of giving birth to a white tiger. Breeding white tigers is not easy. Most of the white tigers bred in zoos come from inbreeding, so the offspring of white tigers often have low survival rate and will suddenly be deformed.