Tiger Directory

[Apollo]

Name             : T23 = Indala Male
Location        : Ranthambore National Park
Year of Birth : 2008
Ancestry       : Son of Jhumroo(T-20) and Lahpur-Nagditigress (T-22), Brother of T24 and T25
Status           : Live
Sex                : Male
Species          : panthera tigris tigris
 
Indala, one of three male cubs born to Lahpur-Nagdi tigress T22 and father Jhumaroo (T20), is a direct descendent of the park’s matriarch, Machali. He quickly established himself as the dominant male among his brothers T24 and T25.
 
The Indala community, after which this male was named, was originally a village of 34 families that has recently relocated to new homes outside the park. Young Indala quickly moved into the area. Quick to exert his authority over this newly restored area, he is now outside of the visitor zone and is seen far less often than his other two brothers Dollar (T25) and Sultanpur (T24). He can be very illusive but has only just recently been spotted in Nagdi.
 
In 2011 camera traps revelaed he had a dangerous bullet wound, yet with help from the Forest Department he has bounced back to health living between Phuta Kot and Guda.

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