Tiger Directory

[Apollo]

 Name               : T-28 = Star male = Sitara
Location           : Ranthambore National Park
Year of Birth    : 2006
Ancestry           : Son X-male (T-2) and Gilai Sagar tigress, brother of T-29
Status               : Live
Sex                   : Male
Species             : panthera tigris tigris  

Sitara, locally called so, who bears a five point star mark on his left eye; the T-28 male tiger is the real pride of Ranthambore. The tiger fans must recognize it through the notable territorial fight with the “lady of the lakes”- the Machali in early 2009 (the 1st of April). His father X-male at that time was the most dominating male tiger in the entire reserve. The common territories of T-28 were Gilai Sagar, Thumka and surrounding parts of the north east end of the national park, where he and his brother (T-29) spent their early stages. These territories were not accessible through the visitors and have few motor able tracks. This was the reason people came lesser to know about them at their early stages. But later it was during early winters (January) of 2008 that Sitara was first noticed by the tourists around the area of Berda. He soon extended his range up to Lakkara and also covered the lake area of Jhalara and Nalghati. Today, he is one of the few dominant males of Ranthambore and has acquired the areas of Nalghati, Jhalara, almost the entire Mandoop plateau, Lakkarda and the three lakes (Padam Talao, Raj Bagh and Malik Talao).He is the young nomadic male in the 'tiger queen' Documentary. He was estimated to weigh around 250Kg (when he was a young male).

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