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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.
The Bengal tiger, Panthera tigris tigris, is the national animal of Bangladesh. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Bangladesh. There are eighty-nine mammal species in Bangladesh, of which three are critically endangered, twelve are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and four are near threatened. [1]
The Siberian and Bengal tigers are the largest. [47] Male Bengal tigers weigh 200–260 kg (440–570 lb), and females weigh 100–160 kg (220–350 lb); island tigers are the smallest, likely due to insular dwarfism. [11] Male Sumatran tigers weigh 100–140 kg (220–310 lb), and females weigh 75–110 kg (165–243 lb). [54]
The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris [NCBI:txid74535]) [7] is the species found all across the country except Thar desert region, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Kutch region. [8] These can attain the largest body size among all the Felidae, [6]: 29 and therefore are called Royal Bengal Tigers.
The Bengal tiger and the Indian elephant are endangered species which are protected by Project Tiger and Project Elephant programmes run by Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. [1] [2] [3] Indian Leopards are vulnerable and protected species. [4] The tiger numbers are of animals aged above 1.5 years. [5] [6]
Most of them are solitary bees consisting of 11 species. The rest include 4 of honeybees, 2 of bumblebees and the only stingless bee species, Trigona fuscobaltiata. [5] There are a total of 35 species of scarab dung beetles found under 8 genera. The most common genus is Onthophagus. Another 30 species of leaf-eating scarabeids are also found.
Exceptionally heavy male lions and tigers have been recorded to exceed 306 kg (675 lb) in the wilderness, [20] [21] and weigh around 450 kg (990 lb) in captivity. [20] [22] The liger, a hybrid of a lion and tiger, can grow to be much larger than its parent species. In particular, a liger called 'Nook' is reported to have weighed over 550 kg ...
Pages in category "Tigers" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. ... Bali tiger; Bengal tiger; Bornean tiger; C. Caspian tiger; H. Historical ...