Animal Unique | Bengal Tiger | Bengal tiger is a subspecies of the tiger from the Bengal region of South Asia. Bengal tiger roams a wide range of habitats including high altitude, tropical and subtropical rainforests, mangroves and grasslands. They occur mainly in parts of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. In 2010, classified as endangered by IUCN. The total population is estimated at less than 2,500 people with a decreasing trend, and none of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the range of the Bengal tiger is large enough to be an effective population size of 250 adult individuals to support.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera tigris
Subspecies: Panthera tigris tigris
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Felidae
Subfamily: Pantherinae
Genus: Panthera
Species: Panthera tigris
Subspecies: Panthera tigris tigris
Bengal tiger is a beautiful animal. The base color is orange / brown, and white on the cheeks, mouth, eyebrows and stomach. The tiger also has long black stripes on it. All white tigers are a variation in color of the Bengal tiger has been reported that some tigers are white, with or without black stripes. The weight of the tiger can be up to 575 pounds. Bengal tiger is the largest tiger in the world, his cousin, the Siberian tiger is the largest tiger. The body of the Bengal tiger is wide with legs are slender. The coat of the tiger is very fine structure. The Bengal tiger is very sneaky and quiet. The cubs look the same. Bengal tiger can be up to three meters long and three meters high.
Bengal tigers hunt medium and large animals such as wild boars, are water buffalo, goats and deer are know to prey on small elephant and rhino calves. Bengal tiger can capture large animals, but prefers the killing of a young or old animals, because they do not run as fast. He Bengal tiger is a nocturnal predator and greatly feared. Bengal tigers kill their prey by severing the spinal cord, or the infliction of a suffocation bite (usually for larger prey). Bengal tigers are known to other predators such as leopards, wolves, jackals, foxes, crocodiles, Asiatic black bears, sloth bears and dholes as prey to be taken, although these predators are not typically part of their diet. Adult elephants and rhinos are too large to be successfully addressed by tigers, but such extremely rare events are included.
The basic social unit of the Bengal tiger is one of the elemental mother and offspring. Adult animals gather only on an ad hoc and temporary basis in special circumstances allow, as large supply of food. Otherwise they lead solitary lives, hunting for individual disseminated high forest and grassland animals, which they prey. They establish and maintain habitats. Resident adults of both sexes usually have their movements restricted to a particular habitat area in which they meet their needs and tigresses that growth of their young. Besides providing the requirements of an adequate food, adequate water and shelter, and a degree of peace and seclusion, this place make it possible for the resident to keep in touch with other tigers, especially those of the opposite sex . Those same soil are well aware of each other's movements and activities.
Bengal tiger males reach maturity in 4-5 years, and females at 3-4 years. After a gestation period of 104-106 days, 1-4 young are born in a shelter located in tall grass, thick bushes or in caves. They have a thick woolly coat. Their eyes and ears are closed. The milk teeth begin to erupt at about 2-3 weeks after birth, and are slowly replaced by permanent teeth. At the age of 2-3 years, they slowly begin to separate from the family and transient to be - in search of an area, where they establish their own territory. Young men move further away from their mother's territory than young women. Once the family group is divided, the mother comes into heat again.
In the past century, tiger numbers have drastically declined, with a declining population trend. None of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger range is large enough for an effective population size of 250 individuals to support. As with other types of tigers, habitat loss and poaching are the main threats to the survival of the Bengal tiger. They are not only slain for their skin and their body parts used to make traditional Asian medicines. The reason why poachers and other people hunt beautiful animals like tigers because the eyes, bones, and even whiskers are very valuable for researchers who are creating drugs to treat or cure human ailment, and to give people a longer life.
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