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A tiger attacking a Sambar deer in Ranthambore National Park Tiger chasing a wild boar in Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve Tiger with kill in Ranthambore National Park Bengal tigers occasionally hunt and kill predators such as Indian leopard , mugger crocodile , Asian black bear , sloth bear , and dhole .
Humans are the tigers' most significant predator, and illegal poaching is a major threat to the tigers. The Bengal tiger is the most common subspecies of tiger, constituting approximately 80% of the entire tiger population in Indian Sub-Continent, [1] and is endemic to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, and India.
A dominant tigress of Nagarhole tiger reserve. Elephant herd on the bank of the Kabini reservoir Young female Indian leopard. The big predators in the park are Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca), dhole (Cuon alpinus), Indian jackal (Canis aureus indicus) and sloth bear (Melursus ursinus).
The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve covers an area of 9,630 square kilometers (3,720 sq mi) in the South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas district districts of south-eastern West Bengal, as well as over 100 small and large islands. It extends from Haroa and Hasnabad blocks of North 24 Parganas district in the north to the Bay of Bengal in the ...
The Sundarbans are an important habitat for the Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris). [45] The forest also provides habitat for small wild cats such as the jungle cat (Felis chaus), fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), and leopard cat (P. bengalensis). [46] Several predators dwell in the labyrinth of channels, branches, and roots that poke up into ...
Bengal tiger attacking a sambar deer in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve. The tiger is a carnivore and an apex predator feeding mainly on large and medium-sized ungulates, with a preference for sambar deer, Manchurian wapiti, barasingha, gaur and wild boar.
In June 2021, a Siberian male tiger killed a Seaview Predator Park employee and another tiger in Gqeberha, South Africa. [50] In August 2021 a Bengal tiger killed Catalina Fernanda Torres Ibarra, a 21-year-old female zookeeper, at a safari park in Rancagua, Chile. [51]
The Bengal tiger and Indian leopard are the prime predators in Rajaji National Park, apart from leopard cat, jungle cat, dhole, several viverrine species, Bengal fox, golden jackal and yellow-throated marten. The Himalayan black bear inhabits the higher reaches of the park.