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The Sundarban Tiger
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 (04-15-2022, 07:20 PM)LonePredator Wrote: @GuateGojira Sorry to dig up an old post but this is actually not true, government data never really gave such ridiculous numbers. In that post of 2015 I was not talking about the census of 2010, but about all the previous estimations showed by the Goverment (because the do) and popularized by the press. And I have the books were Dr Karanth state this. Pugmark census are rubish, the myth that Sundarbans tiger population is among the largest is just that, a myth. And all this was popularized by the Government, specially in the last days of Project Tiger and before the dissaster of Sariska and Panna. 
@GuateGojira, to be fair those numbers are only for the Indian Sunderbans which accounts for about 40% of the delta. Current estimates put the number close to 95 on the Indian side.
The Bangladeshi side reports about 120 individuals even though throughout the 2000s they claimed to house over 400 individuals vastly inflating their numbers. But, there is also a sex ratio issue on the Bangladeshi side with much lower males. Not to mention, the Bangladeshi Sundarbans has a lot more habitable area and this means it has more scope for population growth (but the prey base is low here as compared to the Indian side). Historically speaking, Sundarbans was spread out over 100,000 sq.km able to house over 5000 tigers (and rhinos). Today, the area is just 10% of its historical range. (04-15-2022, 09:31 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: @GuateGojira, to be fair those numbers are only for the Indian Sunderbans which accounts for about 40% of the delta. Current estimates put the number close to 95 on the Indian side. Yes, I was aware that Bangladesh had a bigger area to house tigers, but 400 animals do not seems likelly. Sadly, as you mention, prey base is low and that do affect the tiger population. Sundarbans was probably a great habitat in the past, now is just a shadow of what it was.  
Very impressive Sundarban Male, picture from 2016
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Sunderbans... Though smaller than their mainland counterparts via adaptation, they are just as firey:
Images of wild Sundarbans tigers in the Bangladesh part of Sundarbans (world's largest mangrove forest) from Dr Monirul H. Khan's সুন্দরবনে বাঘের সন্ধানে (In pursuit of tigers in Sundarbans). Dr Monirul Khan is also the author of "Tigers in the Mangroves" and also he did the first pHD on the Sundarbans tiger. The book is only available in Bangla and not available in any other language (atleast not to my knowledge).
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