Bengal tigers minimum estimate is around 2,500 tigers and or 3,700 tigers maximum living in this world.
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Current Status of Wild Tigers:
Bengal tigers minimum estimate is around 2,500 tigers and or 3,700 tigers maximum living in this world.
What Are Bengal Tigers Like?
The Bengal tiger, also known as the Royal Bengal tiger, is the most numerous of six tiger subspecies still living on Earth. These beautiful big cats are endangered, however, with fewer than 2,000 animals remaining in the wild. Bengal tigers grow to 13 feet (4 meters) long, and males weigh between 400 and 675 pounds (181-376 kilograms). Female tigers are generally smaller. A Bengal tiger’s coat is a yellow to light orange, with stripes that range from dark brown to black. The tiger’s belly is white, and its tail is white with black rings. A rare mutation of the Bengal subspecies, the white tiger, has dark brown or reddish brown stripes on a white background.
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What is the difference between Bengal Tiger and Sumatran Tigers?
What is the difference between Bengal Tiger and Sumatran Tigers?
• Bengal and Sumatran tigers are two subspecies of the same species.
• They naturally range in two different regions of Asia.
• Bengali tiger has proven themselves with their abilities to survive in a range of habitats including cold mountains and hot mangroves. However, Sumatran subspecies range mostly in forested areas.
• Bengal tiger is significantly bigger in size and weight than in Sumatran tigers. Sumatran tiger is the smallest tiger in their family.
• The current population of Bengal tiger is about 2000, but Sumatran tiger are only 300 survivors presently. The IUCN has categorized Bengal and Sumatran tigers as endangered and critically endangered respectively.
• The strip of the coat of the Bengal tiger is thicker than in Sumatran tiger.
• Bengal tiger is a national animal of a country but Sumatran tiger has not gain that kind of value. However, both these are flagship species.
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Difference between Siberian and Bengal Tigers
Difference between Siberian and Bengal Tigers
Geographically Siberian tigers and Bengal tigers are both found on opposite climates. Siberian tigers are mostly found in Russian Birch forest, some are found in China and North Korea too. Siberian tigers are adapted to extreme cold weather, to compensate for this they biologically have longer and thicker furs as compared to the Bengal tigers and they have a layer of fat in its skin and belly to help with the insulation. Since it has limited prey in his territory a Siberian tiger may travel for several days to hunt for its prey, unlike the Bengal tiger that has more prey belonging to its food chain however they also have several competitors. Bengal tigers are also known to purr, just like a domestic cat, a trait that is not particularly shared in its Siberian cousin.
In brief:
• Lately, there has been a lot of clamor for protecting and saving these wild animals. Though once fearless predators that hunted their territories, they are now in fact the ones that are being hounded.
• Siberian tigers are considered to be the largest from all the tiger species.
• Bengal tiger is the most common amongst all the tiger subspecies, they usually prefer to stay in tropical forests and tall grasses.
• Bengal tigers are also known to purr, just like a domestic cat.
• Siberians are adapted to extreme cold weather, to compensate for this they biologically have longer and thicker furs.
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Bengal Tiger Behavior
Bengal Tiger Behavior
Royal Bengal Tigers are usually solitary. Tiger couples have sometimes been seen, however a family group commonly consists of a mother and her cubs that live with her for around 2 years. Male tigers are known to fight over territory. A male tigers territory usually overlaps the territory of more than one tigress. Tigers mark their territory by urinating and spraying scent from a specialized gland. A tigress retires to a den to bear her litter, which usually consists of 2-4 cubs. In the wild, Bengal tigers live from 8- 15 years. In zoos, tigers have been recorded as living up to 26 years.
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Status of the Bengal Tiger
Status of the Bengal Tiger
Royal Bengal Tiger is an endangered species. Their numbers were recorded as below 2000 in the 1970's, after which Project Tiger was initiated in India in 1973 in wildlife national parks and sanctuaries of India. There has been a steady increase in the population of tigers in India where they are protected in 27 tiger reserves, wildlife national parks and wildlife sanctuaries. The threat of poaching due to the demand for tiger bones and body parts in traditional Chinese medicine remains a pressing issue. The loss of habitat as well as human population pressure on wildlife reserves in India is another concern for the Bengal Tiger.
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BENGAL TIGER SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
BENGAL TIGER SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION
COMMON NAME: Bengal tiger
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Mammalia
ORDER: Carnivora
FAMILY: Felidae
GENUS SPECIES: Panthera (panther, leopard) tigris (tiger)
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