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Royal Bengal Tiger

 

 

                                                       

    1. The 5th cycle of India’s tiger census conducted in 2022 has revealed that the total number of Royal Bengal Tigers has crossed the three-digit figure in the Bay of Bengal’s mangrove forests, for the first time. 
    2. The Big cat population has reached its saturation level in the Bengal’s Delta region.
    3. There is a possibility of infiltration of wild animals into Bangladesh given the saturated population in the Bengal’s delta region.
    4. With a maximum carrying capacity of 4.68 in 100 sq km in the Bengal mangroves, the present density stands at 4.27 sq km which shall reach the carrying capacity within few years.
    5. Royal Bengal Tiger:
      1. It is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies is the largest of all cats.
      2. Range of the Big cat: Indian Subcontinent

 

 

      1. Threats:
        1. Poaching
        2. Loss or fragmentation of Habitat
        3. Human-animal conflict

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