The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and ranks among the largest of the wild cats, distributed from India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan to southwestern China. It is thought to have been present on the Indian subcontinent since the Late Pleistocene, around 12,000 to 16,500 years ago, though its historical range once extended to the Indus Basin. As of 2022 its population was estimated at roughly 3,167 to 3,682 individuals in India, 316 to 355 in Nepal, 131 in Bhutan and around 125 in Bangladesh, and it is threatened by poaching, habitat loss and habitat fragmentation. It is the national animal of both India and Bangladesh.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) ThreatsBiological Resource Use 1 Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Partially Attested
Conservation StatusSource gives national listings, not one category for the subspecies: Endangered in Nepal, India and Bhutan, Critically Endangered in Bangladesh and China Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceYellow to light orange coat with dark brown to black stripes 1 Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
In Ecosystem
Source World Wildlife Fund
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Bengal tiger - Wikipedia
Lead paragraph, first sentence
Panthera tigris tigris
Conservation efforts
listed as Endangered in Nepal, India, and Bhutan
Characteristics
The Bengal tiger's coat is yellow to light orange, with stripes ranging from dark brown to black
threat (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is threatened by poaching, habitat loss and habitat fragmentation.
- distributed across South/Southeast Asian land regions
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: PantheraView the Source World Wildlife Fund
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