Tigers of the High Himalayas

[Rishi]

(08-01-2017, 05:47 AM)Sully Wrote: Bergmanns law along with the mix of the huge kazirangas who are large due to other reasons could combine to make a really huge tiger if the population is allowed to expand at will. Exciting times.

According to the locals, those tigers have always been there. It's not some recent colonisation.

There are tigers in India at such heights as well, in Arunachal & North-Bengal.

Specimens photographed at 7500ft Neora Valley this January:
1. (Possibly female)..

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2. (Looks like a male)...

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Edit: Another camera trapped in December 2017 ( Could be the second one again )..

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Further west in Nepal &
Kumaon hills, such populations have been lost, due to the higher proficiency of the people there in step-cultivation method of agriculture in high altitude.

Recently tigers were detected again in Uttarakhand at high altitude, leading to quite some tension & speculation. Reply