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The Tiger is a carnivorous mammal animal living in the forest. It is the largest and most powerful animal in its species. It is found in all other parts of Asia except Tibet, Sri Lanka and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It is found in large numbers in India, Nepal, Bhutan, Korea, Afghanistan and Indonesia. Its body color is a mixture of red and yellow. A black stripe is found on it. The inner part of the chest and the foot are white.
The Tiger can be 13 feet long and weigh 300 kg. The scientific name of the tiger is Panthera tigris. It is also the national animal of India. The word tiger is the tadbhava form of Vyaghra in Sanskrit.
Tiger Life Style
It likes to live near forests, marshy areas and grasslands. Its diet is mainly sambar, chital, wild boar, buffalo wild deer, gaur and man's domestic animals. Apart from its large weight and strength, the tiger can be recognized by its stripes. The tiger's ability to hear, smell and see is enhanced.
The Tiger often attacks from behind. Due to the striped body, while chasing the prey he hides among the bushes in such a way that the prey cannot see him. The tiger hunts with great concentration and endurance.
Although he can run at a high speed, due to his heavy body he gets tired very soon. Therefore, it is not enough for him to chase the hunt for long distances.
He sneaks up to the very close of the hunt and then quickly jumps on it. If he cannot catch the victim within a few yards, he leaves it.
On an average, he gets success only once in every twenty attempts, because nature has broken every trick of the tiger to the animals that become prey.
On an average, he gets success only once in every twenty attempts, because nature has broken every trick of the tiger to the animals that become prey.
The Tiger usually hunts chital, wild boar and sometimes gaur children during the day. The tiger lives mostly alone. Every tiger has its own fixed area. Males gather only during the breeding season.
The gestation period is about three and a half months and 2-3 cubs are born at a time. The tigress lives with her child. Tiger children learn the art of catching prey from their mother. They begin to remain independent after two and a half years. Its age is about 19 years.
The gestation period is about three and a half months and 2-3 cubs are born at a time. The tigress lives with her child. Tiger children learn the art of catching prey from their mother. They begin to remain independent after two and a half years. Its age is about 19 years.
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History of Tiger
There have been traces of tiger ancestors living in China. DNA of an extinct subspecies of tiger found recently has revealed that tiger ancestors came to India from central China. The route they came to India, many centuries later, this route was known as Silk Route (Silk Route).
According to scientists at Oxford University and the NCI Laboratory of Genomic Diversity in the US, [3] the Caspian tigers in Central Asia that went extinct in the 1980s and the Siberian or Emur tigers found in the Far East of Russia are similar.
This discovery shows how tigers reached Central Asia and Russia. The extinct Caspian and today's Siberian tigers are the closest species, according to Carlos Driskal, a researcher at the Wildlife Research Conservation Unit of Oxford.
This discovery shows how tigers reached Central Asia and Russia. The extinct Caspian and today's Siberian tigers are the closest species, according to Carlos Driskal, a researcher at the Wildlife Research Conservation Unit of Oxford.
This means that Caspian tigers never became extinct. The study cites that the Caspian tigers that went extinct 40 years ago could not be properly studied. So we had to retrieve the DNA samples.
Another researcher, Dr. Nabi Yamaguchi, stated that the route adopted by the Caspian tigers to go to Central Asia has always been considered a puzzle. Because Central Asian tigers look different from Tibetan plateau tigers.
Another researcher, Dr. Nabi Yamaguchi, stated that the route adopted by the Caspian tigers to go to Central Asia has always been considered a puzzle. Because Central Asian tigers look different from Tibetan plateau tigers.
But the new study says that about 10,000 years ago, the tiger passed through the narrow Gansu corridor of China and reached India. Thousands of years later, this route became known as the Commercial Silk Route.
Tiger Protection
The Tiger is a very threatened creature. It remains a threat of habitat loss and poaching. Its number is less than 6,000 in the whole world. About 4,000 of them are found in India. The tiger of India is considered to be a separate species, whose scientific name is Panthera tigris tigris.
Three of the nine species of tiger are now extinct. Among the eight known species, Royal Bengal Tiger is found throughout the country except in the North Eastern regions and is also found in neighboring countries such as Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Project Tiger (Tiger Project) was launched in April 1973 to examine the declining population of tigers in India. So far, 24 tiger reserves have been established under this project, which includes an area of 37,61 sq km.
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