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Bengal Tigers are magnificent cats. We hope you enjoy reading their profile! To jump to a specific section, use the Quick Jump below by clicking on a heading.
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| Sizes -Length= 9 to 10 ft -Shoulder= 36 inches -Weight= 400-575 lb. |
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| Habitat
and Habits -solitary and do not like to share range -drag kill remains into brush and bury -return to eat later -are numerous in mangrove forests of the Sundarbans -located in east India and Bangladesh -located in Nepal and Burma -need large ranges -males ranges are 20 sq. miles -females ranges are 17 sq. miles -have several dens in home range -use whatever den in convenient |
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Food
and Feeding
-are nocturnal
-hunt at night
-powerful and quick over short distances
-stalk prey because can't always outrun them
-to kill prey...
-bite on the back of the neck (for small prey)
-bite on throat (for large prey)
-mainly hunt guar and buffalo
-are capable of killing prey three times their size
-prefer young or old animals
-in natural habitat prey on chital, wild boar, monkey, and rarely porcupine
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Tiger and Man -1900 through 1972 population dropped -1900 population= 40,000 to 50,000 -1972 population= 1,850 -good conservation program has increased population to 2,000 |
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Bengal
Gallery
Since we ammased such a great collection of Bengal Pictures, here are our other
great additions.
(Bengals are one of the author's favorite animals, so that is part of the reason we
have so many pictures.)
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Links
for More Information
-Great Cats of the
World, Orange Bengal Tiger
-Tiger Information Center, Bengal Tiger