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ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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@Greatearth 
He was BMW and Baghinnala female's last litter from Pench, he weighed 225kg there and was still a youngster.


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Roheet Karoo
"Male tiger found dead in Deolapar range of nagpur territorial division. It was later identified as a dispersed cub from Baghin nala female of Pench Mp last litter."






In regards to Sundarban Tigers compared to Mainland Tigers

From what I've seen from many images, Sundarban Tigers do not stack up to their Central Cousins, I know a few who have seen them say they are large but I haven't seen any say they are as large as C. Indian Tigers they've seen in Comparison.
If you look at the images below and some others that have been posted, you can see they lack the dense muscular build, large skull and longer bodies. It's likely to what has already been pointed out, Lack of large prey, habitat, fresh water and dense marshy terrain all don't lend themselves to a big cat, especially one such as a Tiger which can run the gamut in size.

Avijan Saha Images
Are you talk about the size..........

Some people says that Tiger of Sundarban are smaller than the causin of Bandhavgar. Then talk about this. 
My first tiger sighting in the wild. But unfortunately Rain couldn't gave me an enough light. This huge male came out from the dense and walk down to the mudflat for his meal.

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Souvik Sardar

THE MANGROVE BEAST

This day will always be remembered by all of us who accompanied this trip. A lucky trip for an unlucky guy like me,my first visit to sunderbans. It was 6.55 in the early morning, we were trying to locate a ruddy kf when suddenly our guide shouted ' tiger...tiger out there'. All of us rushed to the back side of the launch trying to track the illusive beast of sunderbans when ultimately it showed himself--- a huge adult male tiger. Practically my hands were trembling with excitement after getting a glimpse of this big cat. We cudnt believe ourselves. Lack of prey, drinking water,poaching,rising water level due to global warming, human interference are some of the dreadful threats to their survival nowadays.


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Lastly is this "How come powerful tiger like B2 looked so small when he died comparing to this male tiger?"
Camera angles are tricky from time to time as well as the condition of the cat at the time of death.

Here is the actual Video of B2, you can see his body is in complete rigor mortis which already makes him look thin, his spine and neck are curved which decreases his length on top of being injured and most likely starving to death due to infighting.




But if you watch @ 1:24 you can see that he is a large cat.
Bandhavgarh has great genes pumping through it, there cats are one of the larger ones in C. India, and while all cats run a wide variety of size, I doubt a Tiger like B2 was anything less than a 200kg Tiger.

When you see a large male Tiger, there is nothing small about it. There is no confusing them for Leopards or any other cat, they like lions are massive, even females are very large. Even small females like Choti Tara who I saw from a few feet away looked like a gigantic dog and she only weighed 85kg or so I believe.
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris) - Pckts - 05-10-2018, 04:32 AM
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