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A female tiger attains sexual maturity at the age of three and can produce litters of usually 2 or 3 but up to 6 or 7 fast growing cubs after a gestation of only three and a half months. [54] [12]: 378 If all the newborns in litter die, the female tiger can give birth to the next litter within five months. [55]
The Bengal tiger ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. [14] Males and female Bengal tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve reach a head-to-body length of 183–211 cm (72–83 in) and 164–193 cm (65–76 in) respectively, including a tail about 85–110 cm (33–43 in) long.
[7] [8] Machali's offspring increased the tiger population in the park significantly – from 15 tigers in 2004, to 50 tigers in 2014. Eventually, more than half of the tigers in the park were of her lineage. [6] In 2008, two of her female cubs were relocated to Sariska Tiger Reserve and successfully boosted the tiger population in that park as ...
The liger is the offspring of a female tiger and a male lion and the tigon the offspring of a male tiger and a female lion. [45] The lion sire passes on a growth-promoting gene, but the corresponding growth-inhibiting gene from the female tiger is absent, so that ligers grow far larger than either parent species.
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).
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.
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
The history of lion–tiger hybrids dates to at least the early 19th century in India. In 1798, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844) made a colour plate of the offspring of a lion and a tiger. The name "liger", a portmanteau of lion and tiger, was coined by the 1930s. [4] "Ligress" is used to refer to a female liger, on the model of ...