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Tigers in India constitute more than 70% of the global population of tigers. [1] [2] Tigers have been officially adopted as the national animal of India [3] on the recommendation of the National Board for Wildlife [4] since April 1973. [5] In popular local languages, tigers are called baagh, puli or sher. [6]
Generation length of the tiger is about 7–10 years. [156] Wild Bengal tigers live 12–15 years. [157] Data from the International Tiger Studbook 1938–2018 indicate that captive tigers lived up to 19 years. [158] The father does not play a role in raising the young, but he encounters and interacts with them.
The highly diverse Nilo-Saharan languages, first proposed as a family by Joseph Greenberg in 1963 might have originated in the Upper Paleolithic. [1] Given the presence of a tripartite number system in modern Nilo-Saharan languages, linguist N.A. Blench inferred a noun classifier in the proto-language, distributed based on water courses in the Sahara during the "wet period" of the Neolithic ...
In the year 1972, Meitei language was given the recognition by the National Sahitya Akademi, the highest Indian body of language and literature, as one of the major Indian languages. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] On 20 August 1992, Meitei language was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official ...
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. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706.
In 1993 its merge with Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary led to the creation of Tadobo Andhari Tiger Reserve. Tiger Census As of 2022, Maharashtra has the fifth-largest tiger population among all Indian states. 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)
Latika Nath is an Indian author, photographer and wildlife conservationist that has received multiple awards including “Tiger Princess of India” by National Geographic. Early life and education [ edit ]
The sanctuary has a diverse variety of mammals including the keystone species, Bengal tigers (>6). Also, Indian leopards (14), Indian gaur (220-250), sloth bears (70-80), sambar deer (160-175), barking deer (180-200) and mouse deer , gray langurs , smooth-coated otters and Indian giant squirrels are common.