Tigers of Central India

[Pckts]

(06-23-2021, 04:16 AM)Ashutosh Wrote: @Pckts The 2018 tiger census also did a census regarding prey bases of tigers in certain reserves. 

Here is Kanha’s:



And here is Pench’s:



It’s not news. Pench has always had a better prey base. Human degradation led to Pench losing it’s waterbodies and for a big period it had become a glorified tiger corridor. But, the herbivores just shifted to other neighbouring parts. Once conservation started on full-scale, Pench recovered and those herbivores came back. You can see Pench has more gaurs.

This “census” you see more large ungulates in Kanha. The groups are more abundant for Sambar, Gaur, Barasingha and boar. Just because Kanha is larger than Pench and they extrapolate those numbers doesn’t mean by actual fact that it’s prey base is better. Since animals must congregate in tighter areas in Pench that could skew their density claims. The fact is they spotted groups of these large ungulates more often in Kanha but the area was almost double the size. Reply