Tigers of Ranthambore & Western India Landscape

[Ashutosh]

@Pckts, there are barely any rhinos in Terai apart from Chitwan to constitute a prey base (there is probably 1 attack a year in rest of the parks). And, as for elephants, in Corbett where 240 tigers live, there were 13 elephant kills in a 5 year period (mostly juveniles). That is just such a minuscule proportion to form a prey base. 

Not to mention, the Indochinese tigers also interact with elephants (and probably attack them too). The ungulate theory is sound but you were talking about bovines which are anyway  less sparse than other ungulates. And, as you see from Indian side of Terai, even without bovines but an abundance of other ungulates, the size doesn’t seem to be affected of tigers.

Panna hasn’t had any bovines in a long time, yet, you have had big tigers come out from there. And, as for rains and cooler temperatures, the Indochinese tiger gets both those better than Ranthambore. Reply