Mammal

Bengal Tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

हिन्दी: बंगाल बाघ, बाघ

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Madhya Pradesh · Resized

Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj — Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Madhya Pradesh · Resized

Scientific name: Panthera tigris tigris
Hindi name: बंगाल बाघ, बाघ
Family: Felidae, order Carnivora
Group: Mammal

The striped king of the forest.

Spot it Orange coat with bold dark stripes.
Home Forests and grasslands of India.
Food web Preys on deer and wild boar.
Why it matters Top predators regulate deer and boar, protecting forest plants; a forest that holds tigers is a healthy forest.

Read more: Tiger on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

IndiaDevendra Bhardwaj has 173 verified records of this species on iNaturalist in 2012, in Madhya Pradesh.^[20]

Sources

Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

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