Bengal Tiger

General Characteristics

Length  Male : 8.5  – 10 ft / Female : 8 –  9 ft

Weight  :Male – 419 – 569 lbs / Female : 221 – 353 lbs

Description

Tigers have reddish-brown or white fur with black stripes.

 Tigers’ paw prints are sometimes called “pug marks”.

They can see six times better in the dark than humans can.                        

Range – Bengal Tigers live in India, although some range through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Myanmar.

Habitat – They live in wide range of habitats, including  the high-altitude, cold, coniferous Himalayan forests, the steaming mangroves of the Sunderbans, the swampy reedlands, the scorched hills of the Indian peninsula, the green wet forests of Northern India, and the arid forests of Rajasthan.

Diet – Bengal tigers eat primarily on wild deer and wild cattle.

Status -White Tigers are simply a color variant of Bengal tigers and are rarely found in the wild. There are only 3000–5000 Bengal tigers left in the wild, and about 333 in captivity, primarily in zoos in India.

Reason for the status -Tiger population has been reducing since the early part of 20th century, and the situation is getting worse even now. This is because of habitat destruction , poaching, and using tiger fur for trading.

Gestation  period  : 104 – 106 days

 Lifespan  : 10 – 15 years in the wild

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