Bengal Tiger
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Bengal Tiger
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the most numerous tiger subspecies. Its populations have been estimated at 1,706�1,909 in India, 440 in Bangladesh, 163�253 in Nepal and 67�81 in Bhutan.Since 2010, it has been classified as endangered by the IUCN. The total population is estimated at fewer than 2,500 individuals with a decreasing trend, and none of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger's range is large enough to support an effective population size of 250 adult individuals.The basic social unit of the tiger is the elemental one of mother and offspring. Adult animals congregate only on an ad hoc and transitory basis when special conditions permit, such as plentiful supply of food. Otherwise they lead solitary lives, hunting individually for the dispersed forest and tall grassland animals, upon which they prey. They establish and maintain home ranges.
FEATURED 3/9/21 in "FAA Portraits"
FEATURED 3/9/21 in "Wildlife One a Day"
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July 24th, 2014
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