Who is the "king" of tigers? - Bengal or Amur

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@GuateGojira you seems to be familiar about tigers of norther india. It also seems to me like the bengal tiger in the west are of genetically smaller specimen. As it wouldn't suprise me due to logistical challenges and convience they would catch tigers from sundarbans region which is near bay of bengal which was a big hub during that time and british strongerhold from early days. If the tigers near the Himalayas are truely bigger. I don't know the history of when did those bengal tigers were transported, but if it was before 19th century i doubt they even had much acess to the Norther region. North east india was pretty wild place. Kumaon where stories of big tigers occur was part of nepal. And foreigners werenot allowed in nepal till 1950s. British got those territory only in 1816 even there transporting such cargo from such far seems challenging Also the terai was all dense forest people wouldn't even want to live there due to malaria and British didn't even had control over it and they designated it as lawless land. Also malayan tigers were classified as bengal tigers everything point the me the forementioned possibility.


Idk much about this topic. So i look forward hearing to what you think about this. Also do you have information on size of bengal tigers in jawalakhel zoo, it a zoo in nepal. Although the tigers are kept in poor conditions they are not small at all. I found a article that said they put tiger in fasting after one got to 220kg. Im curious on how big they are now. Reply