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The state of Karnataka alone is home to 22% of the elephants, 18% of the tigers and 14% of the leopards in India. The Northeast Indian states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Tripura together with West Bengal account for 30% of the elephants and 5% of the tiger population.
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. [4]
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 recommendation of the National Board for Wildlife [4] since April 1973. [5] In popular local languages, tigers are called baagh, puli or sher. [6]
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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. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The 2010 National Tiger Assessment estimated the total population of wild tigers in India at 1,706.
This population of tigers has been assessed at the local level in several countries. It is listed as Endangered in Nepal, [113] India, [114] and Bhutan, [115] While Bangladesh [116] and China [117] list it as Critically Endangered. In April 2023, India signed a memorandum of understanding with Cambodia to assist the country with the tiger's ...