Tigers of Central India

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@Rage2277 @Pckts don’t you think Mukki range and Tadoba range are more or less in same sort of turmoil. dominant females have a very low rate of raising their cubs to full maturity because of the heavy traffic of different males constantly paroling around. this dramatically effects the dominant males ability to pass their genes to the next generation. just look at Tadoba range for example, Matkasur has been around for almost as long as Khali and Bajrang. Khali has sired over 25 cubs, Bajrang is sitting at around 40 cubs. Matkasur on the other hand, not even 10. let’s compare the females now, Choti tara and Maya have been dominant for more than half a decade and yet, they don’t compare with the number of cubs that Madhuri, Sonam or Kuhani have sired. all of them have been around for the same duration. It’s just the number of transient males they face in their territories. in a lot of ways, Dj and Choti Mada are comparable to Choti Tara and Maya, same way i feel about Matkasur male and Umarpani male. you would think that one of the most notorious male would have a high rate of raising cubs but almost all of Umarpani’s cubs don’t make it to adulthood. Reply