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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.
Bengal tiger formerly P. t. tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) [2] This population inhabits the Indian subcontinent. [17] The Bengal tiger has shorter fur than tigers further north, [8] with a light tawny to orange-red colouration, [8] [18] and relatively long and narrow nostrils. [19] † Caspian tiger formerly P. t. virgata (Illiger, 1815) [20]
Lt.Col. J.C. Fife-Cookson who arrived in erstwhile India as the Adjutant of the 65th Regiment of the British Army, begins his book Tiger-shooting in the Doon and Ulwar With Life in India (1887) by claiming there is no sport which is equal to tiger-shooting and the skin of the tiger, considered as a valuable trophy was reward of the hunting ...
Name Binomial name Image Maximum lifespan Alligatoridae: American alligator: Alligator mississippiensis: 87 years [3] [4] Cathartidae: Andean condor: Vultur gryphus: 80 years [5] Elephantidae: Asian elephant: Elephas maximus: 79.6 years [6] Corvidae: Common raven: Corvus corax: 69 years [7] Hominidae: Chimpanzee: Pan troglodytes: 68 years [8 ...
Indian states by life expectancy in 2015—2016, according to estimation of NFHS [1] Indian states by life expectancy in 2019—2021, according to estimation of NFHS [1]. Data about life expectancy according to alternative survey "National Family Health Survey" (NFHS).
A Bengal tiger was among those lose to a bird flu outbreak at Wild Felid Advocacy Center of Washington in December 2024. Dec. 20: WA animal shelter devastated after 20 big cats die from bird flu
Owners of a wildlife park have said they are "devastated" after the death of popular Bengal tiger Dehra. The 16-year-old died earlier after she was discovered to be suffering from kidney failure.
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