Lions and Tigers in India

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Incredible as it is, in the time of the Nepal Tiger Project (1973-1981) and probably still now, the prey base was formed by deer and pig. The largest prey available was the Sambar deer (320 kg), followed by the wild boar (230 kg) and in third place the chital deer (90 kg).
 
The case of Chitwan is that the relative small size of prey is offset by its number and density. Tigers don’t need to search too much in the territory to found a chital deer but if they can, they will select the largest prey possible.
 
Nagarahole present a different case, as here there is large prey as gaur (1,000 kg) and even higher densities of deer, but the tigers captured/hunted here don’t surpass the 227 kg.
 
It seems that tigers in Nepal are shorter but stockier while those of Nagarahole are longer but lite.
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