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This is a list of species in the Felidae family, which aims to evaluate their size, ordered by maximum reported weight and size of wild individuals on record. The list does not contain cat hybrids , such as the liger or tigon .
The Bengal tiger or Royal Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is estimated to have been present in the Indian subcontinent since the Late Pleistocene for about 12,000 to 16,500 years.
Tiger testicles are visible, and male Bengal tigers can be almost twice as large as females. [7] Charles Reid's original measurements remain unverified; if verified the Leeds Tiger might originally have been one of the largest tigers on record. [8] Such kills were normally skinned and cured in India before being shipped back to London.
The Siberian and Bengal tigers are the largest. [47] Male Bengal tigers weigh 200–260 kg (440–570 lb), and females weigh 100–160 kg (220–350 lb); island tigers are the smallest, likely due to insular dwarfism. [11] Male Sumatran tigers weigh 100–140 kg (220–310 lb), and females weigh 75–110 kg (165–243 lb). [54]
The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris [NCBI:txid74535]) [7] is the species found all across the country except Thar desert region, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Kutch region. [8] These can attain the largest body size among all the Felidae, [6]: 29 and therefore are called Royal Bengal Tigers.
The biggest skull of a Siberian tiger from northeast China measured 406 mm (16.0 in) in length, which is about 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) more than the maximum skull lengths of tigers from the Amur region and northern India, [11] with the exception of a skull of a northern Indian tiger from the vicinity of Nagina, which measured 413 mm (16.25 ...
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [5] [6]
The 2010 wildlife survey counted 12 Bengal tigers. [21] In December 2011, the Conservator of Forests of Tamil Nadu stated that the sanctuary is home to at least 28 tigers as confirmed by a camera trap study conducted by World Wildlife Fund. [17] In the 2012 national wildlife survey, 25 tigers were recorded. [22] In 2018, 80 tigers were recorded.