Abstract

The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is one of the big cat species, found in the jungles of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh, and the adjoining countries of Indian subcontinent. These muscular and gorgeous looking mammals are ferocious killers with powerful forequarters, with a length of 2.2 m to 3.0 m when fully grown and weigh more than 300 kg.1 Tigers have a lifespan of 8 to 10 y in the wild; however, the life span increases up to 20 y in captivity. In 2010 there were merely 3200 wild tigers around the world, which was the lowest estimate of the century.

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