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The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706. As per Ministry of Environment and Forests , the wild tiger population in India stood at 2,226 in 2014 with an increase of 30.5% since the 2010 estimate.
Genetic studies suggest that the tiger population contracted around 115,000 years ago due to glaciation. Modern tiger populations originated from a refugium in Indochina and spread across Asia after the Last Glacial Maximum. As they colonised northeastern China, the ancestors of the South China tiger intermixed with a relict tiger population ...
The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] India is home to 75% of the world's tiger population [ 7 ] as well as 60% of Asian elephant population.
As of 2014, the Indian tiger population was estimated to range over an area of 89,164 km 2 (34,426 sq mi) and number 2,226 adult and subadult tigers older than one year. About 585 tigers were present in the Western Ghats, where Radhanagari and Sahyadri Tiger Reserves were newly established.
TX2 (Tiger times 2) goal is the global commitment driven by World Wide Fund for Nature (formerly World Wildlife Fund, WWF) and undertaken by 13 range governments at the St Petersburg Tiger Summit (2010) to double the global tiger population in the wild by 2022 by giving priority, effort, innovation and investment for the recovery of tiger ...
The Siberian tiger or Amur tiger is a population of the tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris native to the Russian Far East, Northeast China [1] and possibly North Korea. [2] It once ranged throughout the Korean Peninsula, but currently inhabits mainly the Sikhote-Alin mountain region in southwest Primorye Province in the Russian Far East ...
The tiger population in the state has shown a consistent rise: 2006: 103 tigers 2010: 169 tigers 2015: 190 tigers (a 12% increase from 2010) 2018: 312 tigers 2022: 444 tigers The latest census, conducted as part of the All India Tiger Estimation Report 2022, highlights the effectiveness of conservation efforts in the state.
Based on the result of these surveys, the total tiger population was estimated at 1,411 individuals ranging from 1,165 to 1,657 adult and sub-adult tigers of more than 1.5 years of age. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706.