BENGAL TIGER FAST FACTS
DESCRIPTION: Reddish orange with narrow black, gray or brown stripes, generally in a vertical direction. The underside is creamy or white; a rare variant has a chalky white coat with darker stripes and icy blue eyes.
SIZE:
MALE To 3 m (10 ft.)
FEMALE To 2.7 m (9 ft.)
WEIGHT: Largest existing member of the cat family
MALE To 225 kg (500 lb.)
FEMALE To 135 kg (300 lb.)
DIET: Medium to large prey such as pigs, deer, antelopes, and buffalo
GESTATION: 98-110 days; 2-4 cubs born
SEXUAL MATURITY:
MALE 4-5 years
FEMALE 3-4 years
LIFE SPAN: Average probably not more than 15 years in the wild; 16-18 years in controlled environments
RANGE: Fragmented areas of Bangladesh, Nepal, India, Bhuton, and Burma
HABITAT: Tropical jungle, brush, marsh lands, and tall grasslands
POPULATION: GLOBAL Less than 3,000 within natural range
STATUS: IUCN No data
CITES No data
USFWS Endangered
Bengal Tiger
THE Fairy palaces burst into illumination, before pale morning showed the monstrous serpents of smoke trailing themselves over Coketown. short wedding dresses 2012 A clattering of clogs upon the pavement; cheap flower girl dresses a rapid ringing of bells; and all the melancholy mad elephants, polished and oiled up for the day's monotony, were at their heavy exercise again.
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