Royal Bengal Tiger
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M.Sc. Life Sciences
(Specialization in Neurobiology)
from “Sophia College
(Autonomous)”, Mumbai.
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CLASSIFICATION
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DESCRIPTION
❖ National animal of
India and Bangladesh.
❖ Range in India, Nepal,
Bangladesh, Bhutan
and southwestern
China.
❖ Roar of Bengal tiger
can be heard 2 miles
away.
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HABITAT
❖ Bengal tigers inhabit a wide
variety of climates and
geographic landscapes.
❖ The habitat ranges from
tropical rainforests,
evergreen forests, mangrove
swamps, grasslands,
savannas, temperate
forests, and on the base of
the Himalayan Mountains. https://i.pinimg.com/564x/49/1c/52/491c5283fcc2fd404b4e56a6e33f9e4c.jpg
DIET
❖ Carnivores animal
❖ Main diet is large sized
ungulates.
❖ Hunting such as Chital,
deer, gaur, water
buffalo, nilgai, serow,
takin, wild boar and
other species of deer.
GOOD SWIMMERS, JUMPERS
❖ Tigers like the water so they are
very good swimmers. ❖ It can jump up to 33 feet in one
❖ It chase prey into the water. bound.
REPRODUCTION
❖ The Tiger of India has no defined
mating and birth season.
❖ Males reach maturity at 4-5 years of
age, females 3-4 years.
❖ The female gives birth to 1 to 4
puppies in a place between the
vegetation or in caves or crevices
and begins to breastfeed them
during 3-6 months after birth.
❖ At an age between 5 and six
months, they start learning how to
hunt, and at the age of 2 or 3 years,
they begin their solitary life.
WHITE TIGER
❖ Some Bengal tigers are
born white, a mutation
by the presence of a
recessive gene.
❖ White Bengal tigers
tends to be larger then
many other white tigers
at birth and adult.
THREATS
The Bengal tiger is in danger of extinction, according to the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Although it is the most populated species, its numbers
keep decreasing rather than increasing, which has worried environmental organizations.
❖ Habitat losses and the
extremely large-scale
incidences of hunting are
serious threats to the species
survival.
❖ Illegal hunting for the medicine
trade.
❖ Poaching of tigers for the use
of their bones, skin, teeth, and
claws drive them to extinction.
CONSERVATION
❖ Tigers are the top predator in the
food chain that keeps the
ecosystem going in tropical
jungles.
❖ Create awareness in local people
and tell them not to kill their
species and destroy their habitat.
❖ Educating the people
❖ Discourage hunting, poaching
and illegal trade
NEWS
❖ Odisha government has
been planning to launch an
ambitious project by
releasing adult Royal
Bengal Tigers in low tiger
density forests to enhance
the number of big cats.
❖ Second Oldest Royal
Bengal Tiger Of Borivali
National Park Dies, in 2016.
REFERENCES
Tigers-World & Tigers-World. (n.d.). Bengal Tiger - Tiger Facts and Information.
https://www.tigers-world.com/bengal-tiger/
Wikipedia contributors. (2022, December 3). Bengal tiger. Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger
https://www.millenniumpost.in/nation/odisha-to-release-tigers-in-forests-to-increase-
population-
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ct%20on%20a%20pilot%20basis.
Press Trust of India. (2017, August 14). Odisha Plans To Release Tigers In Forest To
Raise Big Cat Population. NDTV.com. https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/odisha-plans-
to-release-tigers-in-forest-to-raise-big-cat-population-1737627
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