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| BENGAL TIGER - PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS | The most common species of the Tiger is the Bengal Tiger.
In the wild Bengal Tigers are primarily found throughout India, with a few in southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Western Myanmar. Habitats Their habitats throughout the region range from high, cold, coniferous Himalayan forests to hot Sunderbans mangroves, the arid forests of Rajistan to the rainforests of Northern India. Size
Diet & Territory Their primary diet includes wild deer, wild cattle and other game animals such as langurs, chevrotains, and hares. They eat about 150 Kg of meat a month. One female Bengal Tiger needs about 10 - 39 km2 of land and a male Bengal Tiger needs 35 - 105 km2 of land. Numbers First All India census held in 1971 produced a baseline figure of 1800. Project Tiger and Wildlife Institute Of India reported numbers being increased to 4334 by 1989. But other Indian biologists believed the number to be much lower. The Cat Specialist Group estimated Bengal Tigers in India to be around 2500-3750 in 1998. Reserves 66 areas in India. (More than 20 administered by Project Tiger) 3 areas in Nepal. (93- 97 tigers) 4 areas in Butan. 3 areas in Bangladesh. (360 Tigers) Zoo Tigers Indian zoos have been breeding Tigers since 1880. In the last two decades they have been bred very successfully.
Although the Bengal Tiger population in India is considered more secure than those of other tiger sub-species found elsewhere in Asia there exists a potential for rapid demise of wild population through recently increased levels of poaching and poisoning.
Taken from Tiger Information Centre
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