Scientific name: panthera tigris tigris English name: bengal tiger Museum District: Asian tropical rain forest Species Category: Mammalia Carnivora order carnivora class mammalia feline family felidae Panthera tiger panthera tigris panthera Conservation Level: Endangered Wildlife Conservation Characteristics: Body Secheng yellow or khaki, who has a series of narrow black stripes, white belly, head stripes are more dense, hard of hearing as black, white male Bengal tiger from start to finish an average height of 2.9 meters approximately 220 kg. ; females slightly smaller, measured about 2.5 meters long weighing nearly 140 kg, adult Bengal tiger fur with brown and white bottom, with black stripes. There is also a small amount of black lines on white Bengal tiger, because of genetic variation. Distribution: Bengals wide range of habitats, including the high Himalayas cold coniferous forest, swamp reeds, dry hills of the Indian peninsula, northern India, lush rainforests and dry forests. Diet: Carnivorous, in a variety of large and small mammals, Bengal tigers prey mainly deer and bison.
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Species Introduction
孟加拉虎 物种简介
Bengal Tiger (panthera tigris tigris), also known as the Indian tiger, is currently the largest number of the most widely distributed subspecies of tiger. In 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus as a tiger (panthera tigris) model species. Bengals mainly in India and Bangladesh. It also represents the animals in these two countries. Bengal tiger prey mainly deer and bison. Their territory is estimated to be 10-39 kilometers females, males 30-105 square kilometers.
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Habits
Bengal tigers live mainly in India and Bangladesh. In Nepal, Bhutan and China also have a small amount of the Bengal tiger. Its wider habitat, the main activities in India Sundarbans delta mangrove forests and grasslands, but in other areas where there are traces of it. The Bengal tiger is the staple food of wild white deer, antelope and black India Indian bison, can sometimes climb trees predator prey primates. Other predators, such as leopards, wolves and hyenas may also become a Bengal tiger prey. In rare cases, the Bengal tiger also attacked a small elephant and rhinoceros.
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Prey
Bengals like to hunt at night. When it first targeted predator prey's throat, with its powerful bite biting smaller prey cervical directly or make large prey suffocation. It can be eaten nearly 20 kg of meat in one meal, and in the next few days without eating.
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Existing situation
Most Bengal tigers live in India, some through Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan. Estimate the number of wild Bengal tiger head around 3159-4715, and about 333 are in captivity in India is mainly zoo. White Tiger is just a variant of the Bengal tiger, the tiger of different colors and ordinary, a simple white, wild tiger is extremely rare, almost did not see. In 1971 the estimate there are about 1,800 tigers in 1989, the report said the number of tigers has increased to 4334, this figure raises biologists argue, they believe this figure is too small. Animal feline expert panel in 1998 estimated that there are 2500-3750 Indian Bengal tiger. These tigers spread over 66 nature reserves, of which more than 20 are not fully protected. Another 93-97 tigers live in three protected areas in Nepal, there are 50-240 tigers living in the four protected areas in Bhutan, about 360 tigers live in three protected areas in Bangladesh. By the number of wild Bengal tigers can explain India compared to other Asian countries, the tiger more protection, poaching and poisoning can also be described as a potential factor in the number of wild changes.
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Conservation status
Bengals are currently the World Conservation Union as critically endangered animal conservation status. Was listed as national key protected wild animals in China. Bengal tiger hunting and trafficking are illegal in any country, but there are still many people take the risk. In addition to the tiger, in countries such as China and China Taiwan to penises, tiger bones and other traditional herbs and also underground needs. According to 2005 data, the total number of wild Bengal tiger is about 4580. In India, where 50-140 in Nepal, Bhutan, and only 30-35 only only only 3500-3750 ,300-440 ,150-220 China in Bangladesh. Bengals global total of more than 300 in captivity, mostly in India. In addition, the Bengals also listed in Appendix I of CITES protected species level.
