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The Sundarban Tiger
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@GuateGojira, to be fair those numbers are only for the Indian Sunderbans which accounts for about 40% of the delta. Current estimates put the number close to 95 on the Indian side.
The Bangladeshi side reports about 120 individuals even though throughout the 2000s they claimed to house over 400 individuals vastly inflating their numbers. But, there is also a sex ratio issue on the Bangladeshi side with much lower males. Not to mention, the Bangladeshi Sundarbans has a lot more habitable area and this means it has more scope for population growth (but the prey base is low here as compared to the Indian side). Historically speaking, Sundarbans was spread out over 100,000 sq.km able to house over 5000 tigers (and rhinos). Today, the area is just 10% of its historical range. |
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