Bengal Tiger

Sizes Length: male, 9-10 ft., head to tip of tail Weight: 396-583 lbs. Height: 36-38" Breeding Sexual Maturity: female 3-4 years; male 4-5 years Mating Season: winter and spring Gestation: 95-112 days Number of Young: 2-4 Lifestyle Diet: sambar deer, chital deer, wild pigs, monkeys, gaur, and water buffalo Call: roar, growl, or purr Lifespan: up to 26 years in the wild

Related Species There were once eight other sub-species of tigers in the world. Only five remain. (Bengal, Siberian, Sumatran, Indochinese, and Caspian).

The Bengal tiger's roar can be heard up to 2 miles away. Tigers often eat meat after it has already begun to puterfy. After killing its prey, the feeding starts at the hindquarters first. Bengal Tigers only purr when breathing out-domestic cats purr when breathing in and out. Tigers don't like alot of heat so they often lie in pools of water to cool off.

Mothers take the juvinial cubs on hunting trips. Bengal Tigers are capable of killing animals over twice its size. Bengal Tigers are numerous in the Sundarbans regions of India and Bangaldesh. They are also found in northern and central India, Burmal, and Nepal. In 1900 the tiger population of India 40 thousand-50 thousand. By 1972 it dropped to 1,850. A good conservation program has increased it to 4,000.

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