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Royal Bengal Tiger

Panthera tigris tigris

Photo by DesiTraveler
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

This Indian Tiger cub was spotted in Tadoba Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra, India. She was feeling hot and settled in water after passing through the grass around the lake. You see a brave drongo also not moving even when the tiger passed right next to it.

Habitat:

Grasslands, to dense forests to dry deciduous forest in Indian Subcontinent.
Range is from Uttarakhand in North India to Madumalai in Tamil Nadu, and from Rajasthan in West India to parts of North East India

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Comments (2)

Thanks a lot for sharing Maria, this is awesome.
DesiTraveler, your lovely spotting of this tiger is featured in today's blog on International Tiger Day: http://blog.projectnoah.org/post/56782368441/international-tiger-day-a-focus-on-bengal-tigers-in

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