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The Bengal Tiger
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- India
- Nepal
- Bhutan
- China
- Myanmar
Physical Description, Niche, & Reproduction
- Physical Description
- Largest member of the cat family
- Orange coat, black stripes-->used as camouflage
- Range mass-->200-931 lbs.
- Range length-->6.5-12 ft.
- Warm blooded
- Niche
- Top of food chain
- Live alone
- Stays near water source
- Have several mates
- Takes care of young 1.5-3 yrs
- Scent marks territory
- Reproduction
- Sexual reproduction
- Reproduce ever 3-4 yrs
- Range of offspring-->1-7
- Live about 8-10 yrs in the wild
What We Can Do & Why They're Important
Habitat
- Bengal Tigers live in tropical forests of Asia
*"...tigers have lost some 93% of their historic range compared to five centuries ago." (tigertribe.net)
- What We Can Do;
- preserve their habitats
- stop poaching and illegal trade
*Asian governments can make most change
- GTRP 2010
- goal--> double wild Bengal tiger population by 2022
- Why They Matter
- Maintain rich biodiversity
- "...with just one tiger, we protect around 25,000 acres of forest." (www.worldwildlife.org)
Where do they live?
The Bengal Tiger
panthera tigris
by Matthew Krishnan
Food Chain Interactions
Endangered Statistics & Causes
- Top of its food chain--> no predators
- "Opportunistic predators"
- Nocturnal hunters
- stalk prey and pounce
- coat used as camouflage
- Eat deer, buffalo, wild pigs and other large mammals
- Can eat up to 60 lbs. in one night
- Poaching of tigers for skins, bones, et cetera
- Poaching of prey
- Contact with humans
- killed to protect villages
- Loss of habitat from rising sea levels
- Since 1990's, population decreased by over 50%
- Fewer than 2,500 in the wild
Human Interactions
- For most part, avoid humans
- Bengal tigers that do eat humans either;
- are sick and cannot hunt normally, or
- live where its prey has vanished
- Human settlement main cause of habitat loss
- Bengal tigers' skins, bones, and meat very valuable-->illegal trade
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