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Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

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(06-26-2021, 12:55 PM)Khan85 Wrote: However, my doubt was regarding the capture of these animals, precisely how many of them were captured.

I was in total agreement with Guate's conclusions on this, but after this reply from Dr. Sunquist, it raised some questions for me. Because (correct me if im wrong) Dr. Sunquist was the only one consulted to clear this up and he tells that he is not sure about it.

Actually, I did not consulted Dr Sunquist about this, but read almoust all the available documents about the tigers captured in Nepal. There is no doubt that Seidensticker-Sunquist-Smith captured several tigers in Nepal, but the total of radiocollared tigers was 26, and those are the tigers used in the document of 1983. Recaptures were included, that is why the samples look bigger, but between 1973 to 1980, only 26 specimens were darted and radiocollared. Certainly, after 1980, other tigers we're captured but not radiocollared, as these animals were not darted for study porpuses, but because they were problematic animals (remember that after 1980, the population of tigers increased in Chitwan and the man-eaters phenomenon first started in the región).
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