Talk:Bengal tiger/Archive 1

No mention of height or weight?
There is no mention at all of the average height. Can someone please fix this? - 203.188.235.9 (talk) 03:37, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

"Tigers in India" Entry, What to Do with It?
Please see this entry, which has been proposed for merger in the overall "Tiger" entry, though I think it might fit better in the "Bengal Tiger" entry:

Tigers in India http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigers_in_India

Please note that although I revised the article grammatically, I don't know if it is factually accurate or not.


 * I can't believe you've made as many contributions as you have and yet still don't seem to know how to link to a page within Wikipedia other than by c&p'ing the URL. -- Smjg 21:13, 11 September 2006 (UTC)


 * OK, now I see how to do it.--Skb8721 22:11, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Disputed - Northern indian tiger
Both this and Siberian Tiger claim to be the biggest. Which is correct? -- Smjg 16:04, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

I think this claim has been removed from the article, but the Amur/Siberian Tiger is definitely the largest subspecies. - Slow Graffiti 03:56, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

That's right. However, it's not that much bigger than the Bengal, only about 25 - 30kg larger.

Can you say something on this page about the distribution of tigers. Can you explain why there are lions in both Asia and Africa but no tigers in Africa.

No tiger in Africa: that's natural selection. And, the southern Bengal tiger averages 220 kg, the Northern bengal 250 kg, the Siberian 230 kg. But, the number of tiger in the south and central > the north, so, as a subspecies, the bengal is "considered" 2nd largest. However, for the question: where in the world, tigers are of largest size? The answer will be: Northern India and Nepal, not Siberia. One of the reason for being so large is to kill giant preys: gaur and buffalo

(links removed)

You see, the largest Siberian tiger is unoficially known as 384 kg, but there is one official Northern Bnegal tiger of 388 kg. The siberian tiger hunts small preys, no need to develop large body. They just have an extra fat layer, that's all.

The above statement is correct. Guinness Book of World Records is probably the most reliable source on this issue. They published, back in the seventies, a book only on animal records and facts, and here it is clearly stated that a male tiger weighing 388 kg was shot in Northern India. It can now be seen in the Smithsonian. Everyone, it seems, has opinions on the matter; most of you are having knee-jerk reflexes because all your ZooBooks in grammar school said 'Siberians are the largest' and people tend to defend what they grew up with. But, the facts are more confusing than that. So, get out of your comfort zone and embrace the fact that Northern Bengals may be as large, or larger, than Siberians, regardless of what your favorite childhood book on tigers, said.

And don't forget, a Myanmar bengal tiger with an unbelievable deed: pulling a 2 ton gaur carcass. This tiger must be easily 900 pounds, to be most conservative. It may hav been 450 kg. Not surprising considering the size of the gaur.

Let's do the math. 1 man (forest dweller) can drag a sambar 150 kg, no problem. So 13 men can drag 1950 kg, at the very, very least. And 13 men together stronger than 13 men counted individually, so 2100 kg no big deal. But the carcass didn't even move. And the tiger may have eaten 35-40 kg, plus other loss, could be 50 kg. So, this gaur may weigh 2.2 - 2.4 tons inact. What a southeast asian gaur! The tiger no doubt over 400 kg.

The size thing is a messy issue due to the differing wild situations of the sub-species. While in India there's a broad range of conditions between the different population pockets that probably provide a fair number of lighter tigers under stressed conditions as well as peak specimens in more generous conditions that permit them to find food more easily and reach a decent age. By contrast Siberians are under stress as a population as a whole and their sizes will be necessarily larger due to poaching of both their prey species and of the tigers themselves, shortening their lifespan and thus their attainable sizes. Thus we have under the best conditions Bengals that are larger/heavier then Siberians found under mediocre conditions, but in zoos we see the opposite trend. Obviously zoos aren't going to be preferred sourcing for the size and capability of animals but it's either comparing record sizes there or simply compare the -average- weight of Bengals across all the various habitats instead of cherry picking those with the good fortune to find themselves in a well managed park. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.251.158.42 (talk) 19:44, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Bengal tigers are the heaviest, both on average and the largest population, while Siberian tiger is the longest. Editor abcdef (talk) 21:41, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Tiger - The true king
In terms of power.

http://onlypunjab.com/fullstory2k5-insight-news-status-29-newsID-6008.html

http://www.corkscrew-balloon.com/polo/95/

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8132/liontiger7hddi6.jpg

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Traditionally tiger censuses in India have been carried out by collecting plaster casts of pugmarks (usually of a tiger’s left hind foot) found in an area during a specified time. http://www.globalwarming360.net/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.8.149.242 (talk) 06:27, 30 July 2010 (UTC)

thre used to be a story on wildlywise.com in which, a tiger fought and killed 4 buffaloes simultaneously. Unfortunately, the site is gone now. I still maintain acopy of the doc on my computer. The name of the doc: Tigers!! Off the beaten track. Here is the quote:

"On the other hand a kill made by a mature male or female tiger is relatively clean, with injuries confined to the back of the neck or through the wind pipe, the latter being the classic method of killing its prey. In both cases the neck is very often broken.In one amazing incident I came across four large buffaloes with their necks broken. This is what happened - A young cowherd was grazing his buffaloes on a remote hill. A very large male tiger appeared and brought down a calf and started dragging it into the forest. The mother of the calf charged the tiger and butted him. The tiger retaliated by attacking the buffalo. While the tiger was engaged with the mother buffaloes three more buffaloes came charging towards him. What happened next was a free for all with the buffaloes bellowing and the tiger roaring. One by one the tiger managed to kill the buffaloes over the next fifteen minutes. Each one died with a broken neck caused by a mighty swipe of the tiger's paw. The tiger then picked up the carcass of the calf, ignored the cowherd, and ambled off. I was unable to establish whether or not the tiger suffered any injuries. The poor cowherd remained deaf for a week after the attack. "

And this:

"On one occasion I heard a fight being waged between a tiger and a herd of elephants that lasted for twenty minutes. I was a kilometer away separated from the scene by a river. The next morning I went to the scene of the battle but found no evidence of blood -apparently the fight was a draw."

Please Stop.
This man-made rivalry between tigers vs. lions, elephants,zebras, etc. is getting out of hand.

I am no expert on the topic of Bengal tigers, but I am truly disappointed at people who just cannot understand that Tigers vs. Lions will never be pitted against each other in the WILD. If the two species decide to battle in a zoo, there are so many factors outlying against the validation of the fight. Such as the enviroment they're fighting in and which animal is more adapted to the enviroment.

PS. On the comment made above titled: "Tigers -The True King"

I don't know about that. I recently saw an episode of the BBC's "Natural World" where they mentioned that Asiatic lions in the Gir Forest might be introduced to parks in India inhabited by tigers. That would pit lions against tigers. It sounds like an incredibly bad idea to me.

Sorry, but your links for pictures are so bogus and uncreditable. Especially the news article that was truly poorly written with spelling and grammar mistakes and the tone of a 15 year old instead of a journalist. Nice try.

Huh, now that u say it, I am Not sure if you are lion supporters, but note that, tiger-the true king is the topic. I'm not comparing it to lions, then why "I am no expert on the topic of Bengal tigers, but I am truly disappointed at people who just cannot understand that Tigers vs. Lions will never be pitted against each other in the WILD.". That's lion-specific. Who cares about lion alone? The link is about tiger fighting others, anything. The newspaper I don't care much, but the report and pic are great. Let me rephrase, to eliminate misunderstanding: Tiger - the true king of fighter. When it comes to skills, we have tiger the best.

PS. Eventhough other predators are one with their fangs, they still need them. On facing the uncanny tigers of a different realm, death is inevitable. --S--

Could somone delete the reference to 'Royal' in the article. The only reason Bengal tigers are refred to as 'royal' is because of the past practice of them being kept by the Raj households as pets. There is nothing 'royal' or 'king-like' about the tigers since the terms are not descriptive of any of their biological or zoological qualities.--Mrg3105 20:08, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

Tiger's have the Chinese character for king on their forehead Mrg3105. And have you ever seen the eyes of a tiger? Those, along with eagles' are the most intense eyes yi've ever seen, as well as imposing. kron650 20:38 march 11th 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.195.135.20 (talk) 00:39, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

This is not specific for bengal tigers
The tiger replaces the lion as King of the Beasts in cultures of eastern Asia,[71] representing royalty, fearlessness and wrath.[72] Its forehead has a marking which resembles the Chinese character 王, which means "king"; consequently, many cartoon depictions of tigers in China and Korea are drawn with 王 on their forehead.[citation needed]

Of great importance in Chinese myth and culture, the tiger is one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals. Also in various Chinese art and martial art, the tiger is depicted as an earth symbol and equal rival of the Chinese dragon- the two representing matter and spirit respectively. In fact, the Southern Chinese martial art Hung Ga is based on the movements of the Tiger and the Crane. In Imperial China, a tiger was the personification of war and often represented the highest army general (or present day defense secretary),[72] while the emperor and empress were represented by a dragon and phoenix, respectively. The White Tiger (Chinese: 白虎; pinyin: Bái Hǔ) is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It is sometimes called the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎), and it represents the west and the autumn season.[72]

In Buddhism, it is also one of the Three Senseless Creatures, symbolizing anger, with the monkey representing greed and the deer lovesickness.[72]

The Tungusic people considered the Siberian tiger a near-deity and often referred to it as "Grandfather" or "Old man". The Udege and Nanai called it "Amba". The Manchu considered the Siberian tiger as Hu Lin, the king.[35]

The widely worshiped Hindu goddess Durga, an aspect of Devi-Parvati, is a ten-armed warrior who rides the tigress Damon into battle. In southern India the god Aiyappa was associated with a tiger.[73]

The weretiger replaces the werewolf in shapeshifting folklore in Asia;[74] in India they were evil sorcerers while in Indonesia and Malaysia they were somewhat more benign.[75]

"Nimer" (tiger) is a common Arabic male first name (see 'Abd al-Majid Nimer Zaghmout, [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], ), fulfilling a similar function (i.e. calling a man by the name of a strong and powerful animal) as "lion" names such as Leon, Leo or Leonard in various European languagues.

The tiger continued to be a subject in literature; both Rudyard Kipling in The Jungle Book and William Blake in Songs of Experience depict the tiger as a menacing and fearful animal. In The Jungle Book, the tiger, Shere Khan, is the wicked mortal enemy of the protagonist, Mowgli. However, other depictions are more benign: Tigger, the tiger from A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is cuddly and likable. In the Man Booker Prize winning novel "Life of Pi," the protagonist, Pi Patel, sole human survivor of a ship wreck in the Pacific Ocean, befriends another survivor: a large Bengal Tiger. The famous comic strip Calvin and Hobbes features Calvin and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes. A tiger is also featured on the cover of the popular cereal "Frosted Flakes" (also marketed as "Frosties") bearing the name "Tony the Tiger".
 * copied fromthe article by Altaileopard --Altaileopard (talk) 15:57, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Who erase the section of records?
Who is changing the section on the tiger size? This is stupid and unethical. I put all this figures with its specific references and ALL of them came from highly reliable sources. Besides, some one is changing the averages figures and putting nonsense’s. Like I say before, this is NOT a playground and is obvious that some lion-fans are changing this for idiotic reasons.

Be professionals and stop vandalizing this articles just because YOU are not agreed with them.

I am going to restore this section. --AmbaDarla (talk) 07:02, 11 January 2010 (UTC)

Section Bengal tiger versus lion
Does this section have too much information on the issue of Tiger versus lion, such as comparative weights? Leo1pard (talk) 17:05, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

Trouble for the wild tiger
Some authors did not accept that record, as I mentioned here. Leo1pard (talk) 07:08, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Dubious tag
Someone inserted a dubious tag about the size of the Bengal tiger.... that is, it being the largest of its family. In that case, may we have some references that shows otherwise? What type of tiger is even larger than Bengal tiger? Examples, references would be much appreciated. Thanks. --Ragib 16:05, 14 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I already just gave such a reference: the Siberian Tiger page right here on Wikipedia. Also compare the Google hits for Siberian Tiger largest and Bengal Tiger largest.
 * Of course the might both be the largest by different interpretations. For example, one kind might have the greatest average adult size, and the other might have the largest known individual.  Or they might be variously comparing height, length, volume or weight.  But if this is so, it would need to be clarified. -- Smjg 11:50, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * That's fine by me ... superlatives always carry the possibility of being misused ... so whenever we have such statements, it is always better to have a reference to back it up. Thanks. --Ragib 14:35, 15 August 2005 (UTC)


 * In every single book or article on tigers I have ever read, the Siberian tiger is mentioned as the largest.Osprey39 09:13, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Not every book says so, the book Tiger in the snow written by Peter matthiesen about the Siberian tiger, doubts this claim.


 * One Bengal was heavier than one Siberian by twenty some kilograms. Could it be that the Bengal just had a big sit-down dinner, and the Siberian had recently recovered from diarrhea. I do remember from my grade school books that "One Swallow Does Not Spring Make." 69.158.106.68 20:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Expansion
In the next couple of days I plan to expand this article a great deal, I have seperated the article in sections and have relocated the maneater section from the main tiger article to this article because it is more relevant here.

Please cite sources
Where does this story come from? ''A famous incident involved a maneater pouncing from the water to grab a forest official who was playing cards with others on a patrol boat. The tiger managed to drag the body and jump into the water escaping being caught. Incidentally these officials were sent to hunt down the very tiger that had struck that night.'' UrbaneLegend 02:08, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

"and have a greatest skull length of 329 to 378 mm (13 to 15 in.)" I'm not relly sure what is trying to be said here but I'm quite sure that you can't say a greatest anything, surely its poor english. John.radom 05:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Problem with maneating section
It is not the Bengal tiger which has a tendency to eat humans, it is only the Bengal Tiger in the Sunderbans. This section makes it seem as though all Bengal tigers eat humans, and that is overly broad. I wrote a section on the Sunderbans about these tigers (they are very important to that topic), and I believe it should be deleted from this part. This is because, as I stated in my section, there are things about the Sunderbans tigers that make them unique (no fear of humans, they drink salt water and the like). Since the Bengal tigers in other areas have a history of maneating (like the Champawat maneater), that part should be kept, but the description of the Sunderbans tigers should be kept minimal, with the bulk of that information coming in the Sunderbans article. I will take respsonsibility for the changes, but first I think we should reach a consensus. Considering the reasons Ive shown, what do you guys think? --Pal5017 03:23, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I've had it with your pro-tiger, anti-human slant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.161.213.7 (talk) 04:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

Tusker and tiger
If you live in india or Indochina, you must have known of cases wherein tiger takes down bull elephant in one-on-one combat. One such an attack has been recorded in the book : The vanishing tiger by Vivek Sinha. In my country, it has happened in the past too, especially during the time when elephants and tigers both are numberous.

gaur carcass 5 times the tiger weight
With more than 1 sources claim the fact and cites the same reference, I don't think this is any nonsensible. If you don't agree, why not come to the source web pages and ask the authors first, before cancelling my edition?

Here is a useful internet link for more in depth information on tiger (Bengal) conservation in the Sundarbans:

www.sundarbanstigerproject.info

Adam Barlow

Priority
I was watching a programme on the National Geographic Channel. During the whole period I was wondering whether the pictures are filmed in Bangladesh. Although Bengali comment had been heard, I thought it could have been West Bengal. But right at the end it was said quite clearly that "Bangladeshi Sunderbans" is the biggest source for the Royal Bengal Tiger. In that case shouldn't the name of Bangladesh would come first(before India)? Indians please don't get angry. India is probably adversing more about Royal Bengal tigers any way.Tarif Ezaz Bangladesh 10:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Some changes
I fixed the lack of a &lt;/rev&gt; in one part near the top which completely screwed up the References section (which has been like that for quite a few revisions and nobody has fixed it), as well as the arbitrarily long ref names.

Also, I removed what seems to be a large block of text copy pasted straight from a website, and moved some links to where they belong.

Feel free to fix some of these things if you can, without screwing the page up again like it has been for a while 4 days ;) Arilakon 13:10, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

HABITAT
PLease help improve and expand the habitat section. It says nothing about the Sunderbans, or the range of the R>B>T. WoodElf 10:08, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

And a map showing the animal's range would be awful nice, a la the one at Siberian Tiger, q.v. Toddcs (talk) 20:25, 2 December 2011 (UTC)

Above the picture it says bengaY tiger, not BengaL tiger

New information
FYI. news source can be traced to original source and included in article. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/AP-India-Missing-Tigers.html Report: 8 Rare Tigers Missing in India By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: April 22, 2007 Marcus 14:26, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

LSU mascot controversy
I have mixed feelings about whether this "controversy" is noteable enough to merit inclusion in this general article on the Bengal tiger. It's not the first time tigers in captivity have been protested and I doubt it will be the last. There's a separate "Mike the Tiger" entry and the controversy can be detailed there, but I'm not sure this is the right place for it. I'm interested in others' thoughts on this. Ronnymexico 13:57, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

size
''Male Bengal Tigers measure around 275-290 cm, sometimes up to 305 cm with their tail. The tail of a large male is usually 85-95 cm long. Their weight is normally around 200-220 kilograms (440-485 pounds). The heaviest Bengal Tiger with confirmed weight was 258 kg (568.79 lbs) and was shot in Northern India in 1938. Females are considerably smaller and have an average weight of 100-130 kg (220-287 lbs) and reach seldom more than 160 kg ref: Vratislav Mazak: Der Tiger''. Nachdruck der 3. Auflage von 1983. Westarp Wissenschaften Hohenwarsleben, 2004 ISBN 3 894327596.

Several IPs are editing these data without adding references, but the data accord with the reference (Mazak) and walker´s mammals of the world. If someone changes these data, he should bring really good sources. These two books are really highly scientifical books, which should be preferred to popular-science picture books.--Altaileopard 14:25, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Any source which converts 258 kg to 568.79 lbs doesn't strike me as a model of concern for accuracy. How do we even know that the 258 kg wasn't itself a conversion from 570 lb?


 * Give me that accessible popular-science picture book—I'd just as soon take my chances relying on it. Gene Nygaard (talk) 18:32, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

Bengal in England?
"about 300 tigers living in England"

What is that? Is that referring to zoos? Why is that sentence there? 24.166.188.29 02:03, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

The metric system
In the chapter named "Physical characteristics" there is an obvious mistake with metric units. Did you know that Tigers are very broad animals, "3.10 m between shoulders". That is roughly 10 feet. Such a Tiger should be around 60 feet long (20m) and 6m high. I would correct the mistake but the page is protected. It should probably say 0.31 m (or 31 cm) between the shoulders, but that sounds too little to me. It depends on how you measure and where you measure. I suggest the parenthesis is simply deleted unless somebody can find better info about shoulder widths. Roger491127 15:11, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Article Title?
The title is Bengal Tiger. Shouldn't the "T" be lowercase? -- Dan Leveille TALK 16:19, 3 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Whenever used in a normal sentence, the latter 't' must be in lower case, since the tiger isn't a proper name, however, here it is written as a title. It's the same as in some book times, such as 'Cat in a Hat'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.190.93.236 (talk) 23:24, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

"Using technology to save tigers in the wild"
I suggest we delete this section altogether; it reads like a newspaper editorial and is more focused on the methods used to count tigers than the animal itself. Funnyhat (talk) 01:03, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Capital-T?
Why is Tiger capitalized in the article name? — PhilHibbs | talk 10:24, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Bot report : Found duplicate references !
In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) DumZiBoT (talk) 23:06, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * "der-tiger" :
 * Vratislav Mazak: Der Tiger. Nachdruck der 3. Auflage von 1983.Westarp Wissenschaften Hohenwarsleben, 2004 ISBN 3 894327596
 * Vratislav Mazak: Der Tiger. Nachdruck der 3. Auflage von 1983. Westarp Wissenschaften Hohenwarsleben, 2004 ISBN 3 894327596

Re-wilding project in South Africa
This entire section as it is now is extremely disorganized, POV and improperly sourced. It has to be NPOV or deleted. In fact, what even makes this Re-wilding project worth mentioning? I'm inclined to delete the whole section. Djd sd (talk) 09:02, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

Agreed. That section is too long, and by and large irrelevant as far as the subject of this article goes.Belsavis —Preceding unsigned comment added by Belsavis (talk • contribs) 21:17, 17 March 2009 (UTC)

Does not provide specific information on the average size of a female bengal tiger
Gmonkeys (talk) 00:26, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

"Royal"
I understand that the term is associated with the Bengal tiger (hence the Royal Bengal Tigers cricket team) but does anyone have RS explaining why? There's quite a bit of conflicting (OR?) comment on this page on this point, but verified information will do nicely. --Dweller (talk) 14:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Size of the tiger
Why disapper the section about the tiger size? I write a paragraph about this topic, but I state just scientific info, not shooting records source. I don't want to start a size-war so please, if some one is going to change something, please first present your reference. This article talk much about the hybrid topic and is very poor about the animal biology. I will try to enlarge the biological topics. Its like this place was forgoten. --AmbaDarla (talk) 03:31, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Editions with no references
There was some editions that don't present references. First, the total length of the males is normaly around 270 to 290 cm and sometimes of 310 cm. However, if someone is going to change that, I prefer the new form that I do it. Second, the normal weight of the females is of 100-130 kg, stated by Mazak, but someone put a weight of 140 kg for all the females, however I think that if I change this, other one is going to put it again, so I will not change it, at least that some one put a reliable reference of the average weight of ALL the females (not just those of Nepal). Third, there was no one tiger, correctly measured, of more than 322 cm. All the Bengal tiger measuring 330-360 was measured over curves. I put a referece that state this. Apart from this, every one can ask an expert of tigers, like Dr. Sunquist, and discover this. Again, if some one is going to change something, PLEASE, put the references.--AmbaDarla (talk) 06:46, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Number of references
Is it really necessary to have ten (!) sources provided for one sentence about genetic pollution? Funnyhat (talk) 16:10, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

You are right Funnyhat, this article talk too much about the genetic pollution and have little information about biological issues. --AmbaDarla (talk) 00:54, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Much Added
I was given this page as an assignment to add information to, but I am new to Wikipedia and its style of article. Please feel free to edit any information I have added, and I would appreciate feedback as to what I should do differently in the future. Most of the information is fairly raw, and most likely will require revision, but most of it is backed up by sources so I would like to see it edited and revised rather than deleted. I am impressed with the work that has gone into this page, and would appreciate all of your help in teaching me to write wikipedia articles. (Laxdefender22)(talk) 17 April 2009

New size and new references
I have made some changes in the section of size. My previous edition doesn’t count with an actualization, so I cite new documents from Dr. Karanth and Slaght et al. This new information refreshes a little the theme of the tiger morphology and even suggests (in the case of Slagh et al.) that is the Bengal, and not the Siberian, the largest of the tigers in this time. Also I add the Guinness tiger, which I have been omitted in the English versions of Wikipedia. Good night.--AmbaDarla (talk) 06:22, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Primary habitat
The Sundarbans is the primary habitat of the tiger, and the mangrove forest of the Sundarbans is shared between Bangladesh and India. I find Ronz's argument flawed -- he claims that because India has approx 1400 tigers, and Bangladesh has 400, India alone is the primary habitat. But if the primary habitat is a shared region, then this claim is incorrect. --Ragib (talk) 23:35, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for discussing this.
 * Since no one has any sources, I'm trying just to apply some common sense, judging by the percentage of the population and area in which they range. Maybe we should just remove it? --Ronz (talk) 00:28, 1 February 2010 (UTC)

Avatar
Thoughts about adding a note about the reference to Bengal tigers in the movie Avatar to the in popular culture section? "The Bengal tiger, extinct for over a century, is making a comeback. These cloned tiger cubs at the Beijing Zoo are..." 74.70.106.13 (talk) 19:53, 7 March 2010 (UTC)

Tiger.
Recent studies show that Bengal tiger can weight up to 300+ kg.The tigers from northern India averages between 510lbs and 600lbs.They occationaly reach up to 700lbs.

121.245.161.155 (talk) 17:16, 29 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting wait.svg Already done The article already has the figures of the weight of the tigers. Thanks, Stickee (talk)  00:07, 30 September 2010 (UTC)

"The Bengal tiger has been a national symbol of India since about the 25th century BCE when it was displayed on the Pashupati seal of the Indus Valley Civilisation." - Is that meant to be a joke? The seal doesn't even represent Shiva according to all major historians. And here someone is claiming Bengal tiger was a national animal of India in 2500BC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.139.8.76 (talk) 20:40, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Panthera tigris is the national animal of India.
Why this line has to be here, what this line has to do anything with Bengal tiger? Its proper place is either in India page or in Panthera tigris page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.225.253.30 (talk) 14:41, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

"His" Tiger
In one of the pictures, the fifth one down including the main image, the caption says that it is a picture of "A male tiger with his cub at the Bandhavgarh National Park, in India." On the Tiger page it has the same picture but with the caption "A Bengal tigress with her cub." Now of course, it's a either a male tiger or a female tiger. I would think that it is a female tiger as within the description of a tiger's life it talks about how female tigers raise their cubs for about 18 months. Cornellbob (talk) 22:06, 12 May 2011 (UTC)

Hi Cornellbob. Actually, that “tiger-tigress” is no less tan B2, the famous male Bengal tiger that have dominated the tourist region of the Bandhavgarh NP. In the general article of the tiger you will see a large discussion about this. Sadly, a group of guys, which apparently don’t know the individual tigers, don’t accept the evidence that this particular tiger is the male B2 and that the new evidence, brought to light by George Schaller, Valmik Thapar and Ullas Karanth (no less) suggest that the male tigers actually take care of its cubs in a form that resemble the male lions, at least, in the populations of Ranthambore, Kanha and Bandhavgarh. Besides, there are at least two reports of male tigers feeding its cubs when the mother simple left them. I quoted the books, but some people prefer to stay in the old myths. AmbaDarla (talk) 06:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The discussion mentioned by AMbaDarla actually closely examines the image of B2 against the image in this picture with the cub. You can examine the comparisons at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tiger#About_the_male_tiger_with_the_cub and you will see that the image of the tigress with her cub does not match that of an accepted image of B2. I have therefore changed the caption to read that of a tigress with her cub.  I will note that I am not saying male tigers have not been seen taking care of their cubs.  I am merely saying that this particular photo is not evidence of such. Lighthope (talk) 21:32, 22 August 2011 (UTC)


 * That’s a lie. The conversation don’t show that, in fact, some found similarities and some others not. But this IS B2, here are just some pages with several images from him:
 * http://wildtigerwatch.blogspot.com/2011/07/best-of-b2.html - http://animalvsanimal.yuku.com/topic/34/B2-and-Other-Great-Tiger-Pics-from-India?page=1#.TlnE5F0weSo - http://wildtigerwatch.blogspot.com/2011/01/b2-and-bamera.html - http://wildtigerwatch.blogspot.com/2011/01/b2-and-bamera.htm


 * It is impossible that someone can’t see that this tiger is the famous male B2, in fact the whole morphology of the tiger resemble a MALE!!! Putting that this is a tigress is a HUGE mistake, but as others want to think that this is a tigress, I will change the title at just “tiger with a cub”. This is more pragmatic. AmbaDarla (talk) 04:27, 28 August 2011 (UTC)

Detroit Tigers
Is there any source for the statement that the Detroit Tigers MLB team has ever been referred to as the "Bengals"? If not, it should be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.106.24 (talk) 21:54, 15 May 2011 (UTC)

Rewilding Project in SA editing wars?
There is an editing war going on with Nroets and many other members of the Wikipedia committee, Nroets keep editing and removing relevant information, huge chunks of them from the above stated page. Many users have tried to undo his edits, but he refuse to back down and led to editing wars. What is worse is that he is a Pot calling a Kettle black, complaining and asking his rivals to be blocked despite himself being one in wrong.

Nroets removed a fully referenced subsection, only to add 2 or 3 sentences of his own without references. I want to clean up and to just edit that subsection accordingly and has mentioned it in his talk page, but he just removed the entire subsection without valid reasons.

What he does is weird because the whole section and subsection has been there for over 3 years, just waiting for some minor clean up, and updates, however he is removing the whole chunk and adding his own little tales in it. How can the subsection be updated or clean up then? We are just trying to keep the page's integrity, trying to edit and update when neccessary, not removing whole chunk of information which has been here for over 3 years. What is the use of removing everything and adding a few words with no references. If there is any need to edit, it should be to edit and update the page from its originality, not remove everything. That has never been the policy of wikipedia. NicRoets, please read this.

China&#39;s Tiger (talk) 03:15, 27 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I question the necessity of such a detailed subsection when it doesn't really have to do with Bengal tigers, but by its own admission is about "not purebred Bengal tigers". The article is also heavily biased and spammed onto other tiger pages.  With regards to the subject of reintroducing (or introducing) tigers into the jungle, the effort may merit its own page in which multiple efforts can be documented. I would also suggest not using the term "rewilding" as it is not an accepted word in the scientific community, though certainly "rewilding" can be redirected to an appropriately named article.  Lighthope (talk) 05:40, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Dear Lighthope, thank you for your suggestion. Will take that into account. I agree with you completely that there is no need for such a detailed description on a particular conservation disguise which is highly controversial, and really small-scale. Therefore i have suggested to update and edit it accordingly within the next month or so. Summarizing it and cutting it short, to make it straight to point and direct. However i do not agree with Nroets decision to fully remove the entire subsection and replacing it with 2 simple sentences, without valid references. A new page can be created, but this can be discussed later. I certainly feel that the subsection needs additional edits, but not full-scale purging by user Nroets. Hence i humbly ask for more time to edit the page accordingly. Nroets have been constantly removing the whole subsection, causing a editing war, i hereby ask him to stop all this so that i can edit based on the current revision. Cheers.

China&#39;s Tiger (talk) 06:09, 27 August 2011 (UTC)


 * I explained to you that the first paragraph does not any sense and you never object. So I'm concluding that you not participating in the discussion. You complain that you don't have time to fix the section, but you have time to watch wikipedia and do reverts. -- Nic Roets (talk) 10:10, 27 August 2011 (UTC)

Dear Nroets, What you are saying is completely wrong. JV's plan was always to release these tigers into South Africa. I will find reference for it. If you do not agree with it, you don't have to remove the entire subsection just based on one simple paragraph, it is totally unneccessary. You should just remove the first paragraph instead. Like i said, i will edit it accordingly. Just stop reverting it. You are doing this again. I wanted to thank you for not editing it, but you did it again. Disappointing. How old are you? China&#39;s Tiger (talk) 10:19, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * A couple of months ago, I worked on this section : shortened it considerably and improved referencing, as far as this is possible — scientific articles about this project have not been written as serious tiger conservationists, in particular the ones working in situ in the Bengal tiger range countries, do not bother about JV's questionable "tiger rewilding" attempts. However, I agree that this section should not be completely removed just because someone will always try to re-include some info about this project. But if anyone feels it necessary to extend this section, then do so in a new article. Since THIS article is about Bengal tigers, and neither about hybrids nor about this so-called rewilding project. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 19:02, 27 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Again shortened this section to the info concerning the TIGERS involved. Not relevant is this sentence:
 * However, his investors doubted his motivation for accepting the project after John Varty borrowed R5.7-million of the project's funds for extraneous and personal expenses.

-- BhagyaMani (talk) 16:35, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

This is a textbook case of coat racking
-- Nic Roets (talk) 16:01, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit semi-protected section 5.4
Promote section "5.4 In captivity"&mdash;resulting in "6 In captivity"&mdash;and add the following as a new paragraph at the end of that section:


 * In 2011, 18 escaping Bengal tigers were among the exotic animals shot by the local sheriff's department after the 2011 Ohio exotic animal release.

Cite the following reference:
 *  

Thanks in advance. 72.244.206.128 (talk) 10:40, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

This section is clearly titled CONSERVATION EFFORTS and subtitled IN CAPTIVITY. But 72.244.206.128's info regarding this certainly tragic incident has nothing to do with this topic. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:15, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's shouldn't be an issue, since the edit request mentions moving the "In captivity" section so that it would become separate from the section on conservation efforts. 72.244.206.159 (talk) 13:32, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Done. – Luna Santin  (talk) 00:29, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Bengal tigers are man eater's.They can eat man's.14:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Punamsuryawanshi (talk • contribs) --Punamsuryawanshi (talk) 14:06, 3 March 2012 (UTC)

Edit Characteristics and Records Section
Performed an edit on these two sections. In the course of proof-reading, I decided to remove these two blocks of text as they repeated similar information mentioned earlier in the paragraphs:

"The head and body length of three males captured in Nagarahole National Park ranged from 189 to 204 cm, with a tail length of 100 to 107 cm, while a single female measured 161 cm, with a tail length of 87 cm.

Males captured in Chitwan National Park in the early 1970s had an average weight of 235 kg ranging from 200 to 261 kg, and that of the females was 140 kg ranging from 116 to 164 kg. Males from the northern India are as large as Siberian tigers with a greatest length of skull of 332 to 376 mm. "

I put this here in the event that someone decides to reincorporate this information. If so, however, I would strongly suggest explaining why it should be included and how it relates to the measurements already in the characteristics section (e.g. are these specimens outliers, records or something else?).

In addition to this and spelling and grammar, I added connecting phrases to (hopefully) improve readability. Cuthalion1 (talk) 07:12, 14 July 2012 (UTC)

National Animal of India
According to Indian Government website links, india's national animal is 'Panthera Tigris' ( i.e. all kinds of tiger), not 'Panthera tigris tigris' (not only Bengal tiger) Please administrator check the links below of the governemal and kindly correct the main site.


 * Indian government: http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/national_symbols.php?id=11
 * Rajstahn government: website:http://www.indif.com/India/national_symbols/national_animal.aspx
 * Tourism india: Culture India: http://www.culturalindia.net/national-symbols/national-animal.html
 * Non-government: http://www.iloveindia.com/national-symbols/national-animal.html Parvez gsm (talk) 19:52, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

The currently referenced book (Gupta 2006) is part of a 9-volume encyclopaedia edited by one of the most renowned Indian scholars and professor for media science and journalism. Why should this be less trustworthy than 2nd-hand information on any websites ? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:36, 23 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Dude, this is a shame to Indian people like you that who does not know what is ur country' national animal. Those websites are saying 'What Indian Government declares as there National Animal'. -those websites are not expressing their own idea. All kinds of tigers are national animal of India, according to indian constitution, in this sense Royal Bengal Tiget is also one of the national animal, just its not the only one! Gupta is correct in  senes that Royal bengal tiger is also one of the national animal, but its not the only one . Have some learning on ur country dude, otherwise u r just a joke

Good Job
I think it was perfectly fine. Thanks for the info, man.

How big are the paws?
Not one fricking mention... HELP NEED IT FOR A SCHOOL REPORT ON ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS!!! Cp37 (talk) 04:19, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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I was wondering if some the images here can be shifted to related articles, considering how many there are. Leo1pard (talk) 15:54, 2 February 2017 (UTC)
 * I have done that to an extent, along with realigning the images to fix the image guttering that's the result of the excessive images. DrRC (talk) 02:15, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

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The infobox image has been changed to show a higher quality and resolution picture of a Bengal tiger. Furthermore, this new image shows the Bengal tiger's facial markings as the tiger is looking at the camera, and this particular image has a better color quality and better represents the tiger's colors, as opposed to the previous image. DrRC (talk) 02:24, 5 July 2017 (UTC)

Well my image of the tiger seemed more clear to me. Plus the lighting in your background seems too bright and the tiger doesnt look right. Thats why I added mu image. Shaan Vinoth (talk) 05:43, 30 August 2021 (UTC)

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Leo1pard (talk) 06:13, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

Bengal tiger versus other tigers
Is the Siberian tiger bigger? See this. Leo1pard (talk) 06:13, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

The Indochinese tiger in Northeast India. See this. Leo1pard (talk) 06:13, 29 December 2017 (UTC)

I sense that fans of the Siberian tiger | do not want to accept that the Bengal tiger is the heaviest tiger in the wilderness. Leo1pard (talk) 16:30, 20 May 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 25 July 2018
Insights from the long-term study conducted in India (Sadhu et al. 2017, Reference List ID '148'). In the 'Ecology and Behaviour' portion, after this line "...Typically there is partial overlap with neighboring female residents. They tend to have core areas, which are more exclusive, at least for most of the time...", one line can be added: "Resident females do not invest energy in acquiring a home range larger than required, therefore, female home-range sizes, unlike males, do not change with local density." (Sadhu et al. 2017, https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-017-0025-y#Sec20)

Addition of observations from the long-term study conducted in India (Sadhu et al. 2017, Reference List ID '148'). In the 'Ecology and Behaviour' portion, after this line The remaining young lived long enough to reach dispersal age, 2 of them becoming residents in the study area: "In the long-term study conducted on tigers in India, 10 out of 13 sub-adult females established territories adjacent to their mothers, rest of the females dispersed from their natal area and established their breeding territory. In the study, it was observed that females either established territories beside their mothers (n = 3) or occupied a part of their mother’s territory and gradually pushed their mother off (n = 5). One female that initially occupied her mother’s territory by displacing her mother produced her first litter in this territory, but subsequently shifted her territory with her 12-month-old cubs (of her second litter) ~10 km away from her natal territory. This shift coincided with the takeover of her natal territory by a new male tiger. Her natal territory was subsequently occupied by her daughter from her first litter." (Sadhu et al. 2017, https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-017-0025-y#Sec20)


 * ❌ The first addition is a repetition of the previous sentence.  The second is not about the species in general. Fish +Karate  13:13, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Addition of reference: In 'Reproduction and lifecycle' Sadhu et al. 2017 (https://bmczool.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40850-017-0025-y#Sec20) can be referred for this line: Males reach maturity at 4–5 years of age, and females at 3–4 years., as the study mentioned all these information on the basis of long-term observation on Bengal tigers. The above-mentioned reference (Sadhu et al. 2017) will be relevant for the rest of the paragraph as well, especially for litter size, sexual maturity, dispersal age, etc. Sadhuayan (talk) 07:41, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ❌ Already present in article. Stop trying to spam your work. Fish +Karate 13:13, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 July 2018
Name of the city (Baduel) mentioned in the aritcle is incorrect, correct city name "Badvel" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badvel). 2600:6C56:6F00:FD:811C:8284:CBED:E5AA (talk) 01:51, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅, thank you. Fish +<u style="text-decoration:none;color:#B44">Karate 13:15, 2 August 2018 (UTC)

Bengal tiger is a Subspecies
This article keeps getting removed from Category:Tiger subspecies. The article says it is a subspecies, and it has a subspecies taxobox. Panthera tigris tigris redirects here as well. , is there evidence that Bengal tiger is not a subspecies? if so, the lead should be edited, the taxobox removed, and the linnean name should be redirected elsewhere. --Nessie (talk) 14:32, 31 August 2018 (UTC)


 * No, the article says that the Bengal tiger is a population of tigers that was treated as a subspecies before 2017. What happened in 2017 was that the Cat Classification Taskforce of the Cat Specialist Group revised subspecies of tigers, besides for other felid species, and now they recognise tigers in Mainland Asia, including the Bengal tiger of South Asia, and the Siberian tiger of the Far East, as belong to the Mainland Asian subspecies Panthera tigris tigris, and those in the Sunda Islands, including the extant Sumatran tiger and extinct Balinese and Javan tigers, as belonging to the Sunda subspecies Panthera tigris sondaica. Leo1pard (talk) 16:31, 31 August 2018 (UTC)


 * Ok, then you won't mind the changes I suggested? Also Wikidata needs some updating --Nessie (talk) 16:43, 31 August 2018 (UTC)


 * I agree with that change, that the Bengal tiger is a subpopulation of the Mainland Asian tiger subspecies that was treated as the most numerous and nominate subspecies before 2017. Leo1pard (talk) 16:48, 31 August 2018 (UTC)


 * On second thought, Luo and Driscoll, who are members of the Cat Specialist Group, changed their mind on tiger subspecies, as mentioned here. Leo1pard (talk) 05:33, 1 May 2019 (UTC)

Fossil remains in Sri Lanka
and - Introduction needs some updates regrading dating of arrival of tiger to South Asia and regrading fossil remains in Sri Lanka.

Predicted Pleistocene–Holocene rangeshifts of the tiger (Panthera tigris) - (David M. Cooper1 et al. 2016.) link to study: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308256019_Predicted_Pleistocene-Holocene_range_shifts_of_the_tiger_Panthera_tigris

"The MAXENT models indicate suitable tiger habitat through the Indian Subcontinent during the LGM, and this is supported by evidence of tigers in Sri Lanka 16.5 ka (Fig. 2a), atime when lower, glacial, sea levels would have allowed colonization from India." 117.198.122.159 (talk) 19:28, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Will have a look at it and figure out how and where to integrate it. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 20:46, 8 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Noted Leo1pard (talk) 01:24, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

and - Thanks, may i suggest : I think it will be appropriate to include this source, and change introduction sentence to "The tiger arrived in the Indian subcontinent during late Pleistocene", as time frame 16ybp - 12ybp fits well with late Pleistocene. 117.198.122.159 (talk) 17:05, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I added this to the tiger main page, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tiger&curid=30075&diff=872817734&oldid=872319957, because I think, this content is much more appropriate there than in the Bengal tiger page. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 17:30, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * : Thank you for your reply. this was posted here as it is specifically related to Bengal Tiger topic, and in relation to this sentence in introduction "The tiger arrived in the Indian subcontinent about 12,000 years ago." (is 2005 source) as various other sources since then contradicts this 12,000 years ago claim. I believe instead of "12,000 years", we should change to "The tiger has presence in the Indian subcontinent since late Pleistocene", which includes various sources, both Cooper et al 16.5 ybp source, and 12ybp source. It will be neutral rather than relying entirely on single source. 117.198.122.159 (talk) 18:45, 9 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Will read again and add a different sentence using this source. May be appropriate then to also add sth. to the other tiger subpages. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 18:49, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 October 2019
Bangladesh:

Climate change and poaching are the two main factors that contribute to the significant decline in the Bengal tiger population in Bangladesh. Climate change has caused an overall rise in sea levels which have flushed into many areas of the mangroves, completely destroying the tigers' habitat. It has also caused a decrease in biodiversity, and since the Bengal species make up most of the world's Tiger population we can see an overall negative impact. In a scientific article from ScienceDirect, they described how climate change and poaching have doomed this animal. Although the article mentioned the sad truth that we can make laws to keep people from poaching and protect the tigers, climate change is a worldwide issue and if things continue to go on the way they have been working, we could be seeing the extinction of the whole species by 2070.

Article citation:

AhmedMunimaA.H.M, Saiful I.KhanhShifath, et al. “Combined Effects of Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise Project Dramatic Habitat Loss of the Globally Endangered Bengal Tiger in the Bangladesh Sundarbans.” Science of The Total Environment, Elsevier, 30 Jan. 2019, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719304310. Sehajpal9 (talk) 04:22, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: The article currently states "A rising sea-level due to climate change is projected to cause a severe loss of suitable habitat for this population in the following decades, around 50% by 2050 and 100% by 2070." which is a much more concise summary than your suggested paragraph. If there is something in particular you wish added/adjusted, please re-open this request by changing "|answered=yes" to "|answered=no" and make your request in the form of change X to Y. Thanks, <b style="color:black">Nici</b><b style="color:purple">Vampire</b><b style="color:black">Heart</b> 17:43, 21 October 2019 (UTC)

Minor edit request
The section about diet currently contains the sentence "a In the Sundarbans, venomous snakes have been found in the bellies of tigers." The "a" at the beginning should be removed. Daneark (talk) 00:26, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

Edit Request on Contradictory Figures
In the <Characteristics - Body Weight> section, the first sentence states that "Bengal tigers weigh up to 325 kg (717 lb)."

This unsubstantiated claim contradicts the figures quoted in the preceding paragraph: "The weight of males ranges from 180 to 258 kg (397 to 569 lb), while that of the females ranges from 100 to 160 kg (220 to 350 lb).[2]" These latter figures are quotes from a study published by the American Society of Mammalogists that is attached to and referenced in the article (Mazák, V. (1981). "Panthera tigris" (PDF). Mammalian Species. 152 (152): 1–8. doi:10.2307/3504004. JSTOR 3504004.)

I request the removal of the first sentence of <Characteristics - Body Weight> as it contains an unsubstantiated claim that contradicts verifiable content in the same article.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: That sentence is sourced to Sunquist, M.; Sunquist, F. (2002). "Tiger Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)". Wild Cats of the World. University of Chicago Press. which is a reliable source. the difference seems to be record weights versus typical weights. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 23:59, 27 February 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 3 June 2020
Right now y'all got the average weight of Bengal tigers as a lesser weight than that of South African lions, which would obviously be incorrect, from sources I have looked up and more accurate weight average would be. Males and female Bengal tiger is 192 to 270 kg (423 to 595 lb), while that of the females ranges from 123 to 182 kg (272 to 402 lb). 64.237.226.216 (talk) 23:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Could you properly cite these sources, then? RandomCanadian (talk / contribs) 00:13, 4 June 2020 (UTC)

First sentence structure
This applies to Bengal tiger, Siberian tiger, Caspian tiger, South China tiger, Indochinese tiger, and Malayan tiger:

It does not make sense to say "The ___ tiger is a population". A ___ tiger is a tiger from a certain population. Possible rewording that fixes this problem is
 * "A ___ tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies in ___"

with past tense for the Caspian tiger. AnomalousAtom (talk) 07:59, 6 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Please check these articles' histories since mid 2017: definitions were changed several times, until consensus was achieved. Your proposed changes are NOT consensus. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 10:33, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * You need to reread WP:STONEWALLING. You cannot revert to an old version for the sake of preserving the old version. If you neglect to give an opposing reason, then consensus is assumed and your challenge is both baseless and disruptive. AnomalousAtom (talk) 10:50, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I do see why there might be an objection to the "The ___ tiger is a population of ..." because the tiger is the animal not population, although it seems pedantic given the sense is clear. However, I find "a ___ tiger is a tiger" rather redundant. Of course, it's a tiger. There must be a better way of phrasing it.
 * I also have an objection to putting the scientific name immediately after the common name. A Caspian tiger is not Panthera tigris tigris, it is a subpopulation of the subspecies. Would "___ tigers form a regional subpopulation of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies" be better? — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 14:31, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I think that is why we resorted to the formulation, which was in place for 2+ years, namely: A xx tiger is a Panthera tigris tigris pop native to [range countries]. I had a look at some page histories: several editors were involved reformulating the lead definitions, you included, until this was thought to be the best possible. In general, I think we should stick to the pattern of defining organisms -- used in all other wiki pages on species and subspecies that I know -- by introducing their Latin names as close as possible to their common names. In that respect, the previous definitions were ideal. Your thoughts? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 15:08, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Agreed, until there is a consensus for change, we should revert to the previously agreed wording of Bengal tigeer and Caspian tiger. I was clear and unambiguous, even if the grammar can be questioned. Can we do better? Probably, but it should be discussed first. — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 15:15, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * You have my full support for reverting to these previously agreed wordings in the resp. pages !! I wonder what LittleJerry thinks? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 15:44, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It doesn't matter to me. LittleJerry (talk) 15:55, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Do other editors have an opinion who contributed to these pages: Altaileopard? Materialscientist? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 16:06, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Not an earth-shattering issue, but the previous version ("is a P. t. t. pop native to...") seems most concise, informative and non-clunky to me. -- Elmidae (talk · contribs) 16:13, 11 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The last version that I had proposed was "The Bengal tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent." The repeated "tiger" is to give a link to the broader article on tigers.
 * Even if it is pedantic, there is no harm in being exactly correct and there is no given reason against amendments. The matter of Latin name following the common name also only makes sense for an article about a taxonomic rank. A population of a subspecies does not have a Latin name because it does not correspond to any taxonomic rank.
 * The proposal by User:Jts1882 of "___ tigers form a regional subpopulation of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies" is also fine. AnomalousAtom (talk) 20:31, 11 June 2020 (UTC)


 * There's been no further discussion about either of the two proposals. Should I start a request for comment? AnomalousAtom (talk) 12:17, 16 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Lets vote:


 * Please replace the ? by your vote or shift your names to cell B. And those who did not yet comment, please add your names to one of the cells. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 13:06, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * There is a formal process for this: Requests for comment. It is better than attempting to put votes in a box.
 * That is also not my proposal anymore.
 * Jts1882 also gave an alternate proposal.
 * I will create the request for comment. AnomalousAtom (talk) 13:26, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Request for comment on the first sentence of articles about subpopulations
Should the first sentence of Bengal tiger (and similar for Siberian tiger, Caspian tiger, South China tiger, Indochinese tiger, and Malayan tiger) say: AnomalousAtom (talk) 13:30, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a tiger population native to the Indian subcontinent.
 * 2) The Bengal tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent.
 * 3) Bengal tigers form a regional subpopulation of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies of tigers that is native to the Indian subcontinent.
 * 4) Bengal tigers form a regional subpopulation of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to the Indian subcontinent.


 * Option 2, 3, or 4.
 * The first option is incorrect for saying that the Bengal tiger is a population. The Bengal tiger is an animal and is not a population.
 * The first option is incorrect for saying that Panthera tigris tigris is the Latin name of the population. As User:Jts1882 brought up above, a Bengal tiger is not Panthera tigris tigris, it is a subpopulation of the subspecies. The Latin name Panthera tigris tigris is for the subspecies (it includes the Siberian tiger, Caspian tiger, etc.) and not the subpopulation.
 * The second, third, and fourth options are grammatically and factually correct. AnomalousAtom (talk) 13:35, 16 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Option 5: The __ tiger is a Panthera tigris tigris population native to ...
 * is also factually correct: it is a tiger population. This version conforms to the usual pattern in wiki pages of defining organisms by introducing their Latin names as close as possible to their common names. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 14:25, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * But that fails the grammar test, like the original. An individual animal type is not a population. It's like saying "A German is a human population in central Europe". Option three is the most precise, but do we really need to mention tiger/tigris four times in the same sentence when should be obvious that a tiger is a tiger (unless stated otherwise). That is why I prefer option 4, even if its still a bit clumsy. Option 1 is the most concise (and clear) but the grammar is wrong. — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 14:40, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Jts1882: So you would prefer Option 4, what is your order for the other options? AnomalousAtom (talk) 04:08, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * The list has my preferences in reverse order: 4 > 3 (with singular tigers) >> 2 > 1. I still think there has to be a better way of describing these former tiger subspecies. The whole "(sub)population of subspecies (of tiger)" phrasing is clumsy. But I can't think of a better way for a single opening sentence. — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 08:44, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Then how about this:


 * Option 6: The __ tiger population inhabiting xxx belongs to the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris ? whereby xxx will be replaced by Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia etc. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 09:00, 18 June 2020 (UTC), re-edited BhagyaMani (talk) 09:08, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * That does not even define the ___ tiger anymore (it does not identify the ___ tiger as a population anymore). You could write "The squirrel population inhabiting Africa belongs to the order Rodentia" and it would be equally true! AnomalousAtom (talk) 09:06, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * User:El C: BhagyaMani is ridiculous and refuses to fix his reply to Jts1882 that is both broken in formatting and a double !vote. AnomalousAtom (talk) 09:24, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Is it essential to start an article with a direct statement effectively saying "A Bengal tiger is a tiger from Bengal?" or could an indirect statement make a better sentence. "Tigers (Panthera tigris) found on the Indian subcontinent are known as Bengal tigers. They were formerly considered a distinct subspecies but are now considered part of the widespread Panthera tigris tigris subspecies." This avoids the grammar error, the weird stating the obvious, the awkward use of population/subpopulation, and explains the background. — <span style="font-family:Arial;background:#d6ffe6;border:solid 1px;border-radius:5px;box-shadow:darkcyan 0px 1px 1px;"> Jts1882 &#124; talk 09:42, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * It may not be essential. But I favour keeping the common name at the start of the sentence rather than shifting it to the very end. And since the rank of a population need not be followed directly by a scientific name, this can be introduced later in that sentence, or in a second sentence. Also, I favour the singular, as this is the common name for the resp. population/s. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 10:07, 18 June 2020 (UTC)
 * User:Jts1882 That format is not necessary, but being grammatically and taxonomically correct is absolutely necessary. Your second alternative of "Tigers (Panthera tigris) found on the Indian subcontinent are known as Bengal tigers. They were formerly considered a distinct subspecies but are now considered part of the widespread Panthera tigris tigris subspecies." is also good. I am okay with that as well as Options 2,3,4 already here. AnomalousAtom (talk) 07:02, 23 June 2020 (UTC)


 * User:Jts1882 Could you write you preference as a !vote? Thanks. AnomalousAtom (talk) 09:06, 18 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Would this fail the grammar test too, iyo : The __ tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) population inhabits .. ? -- BhagyaMani (talk) 14:52, 16 June 2020 (UTC)
 * That still suggests that Panthera tigris tigris corresponds solely to the Bengal tiger. The population is not a taxonomic rank and does not have a Latin name. AnomalousAtom (talk) 04:08, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I think #3 is the clearest for the general population. Cynistrategus (talk) 14:53, 16 June 2020 (UTC)

Comment: The Bengal Tiger is this context refers to the taxon, not an individual animal. "The Bengal Tiger is the nominate tiger subspecies Panthera tigris tigris, native to the Indian subcontinent", or "A Bengal Tiger is an individual or the nominate tiger subspecies ...". The meaning of population varies with context, but here I would expect it to refer to for example the Sunderbans population, i.e. to a segment of the subspecies. I found the reference to subpopulations in the alternatives above confusing - they seemed to be saying that Bengal Tigers were a subset of the tigers of the Indian subcontinent. Lavateraguy (talk) 10:46, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I see a point of confusion - this article has a map using Panthera tigris tigris for the Indian populations, but Panthera tigris tigris uses a more expansive definition (all mainland populations). The lede here may have been attempting to express the latter point. Lavateraguy (talk) 11:17, 25 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Your latter assumption is correct. Felid taxonomy was revised in 2017, and since then P. t. tigris is considered to encompass ALL tiger populations in mainland Asia, i.e. also the formerly recognised subspecies P. t. altaica, amoyensis, virgata, corbetti and jacksoni. That's why it was necessary to revise the leads of the resp. pages to make it clear that these are now considered populations of one subspecies. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 11:38, 25 June 2020 (UTC) Note: they are not considered subpopulations, in contrast to e.g. the tigers in the Sundarbans or in northwestern Thailand. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 12:01, 25 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Option 7: The Bengal tiger is a population of Panthera tigris tigris inhabiting the Indian subcontinent
 * Here, we stay short and get right to the point, avoiding big words and phrases like "regional subpopulation" and whatnot. Bengal tigers do seem to be simply a population of this tiger subspecies as opposed to an actual taxon in and of itself, so that would be an accurate description. And then you do the same for your other tiger articles (e.g., "The Caspian tiger was a population of Panthera tigris tigris inhabiting [...]") <span style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva;background:#E6E6FA;border:solid 1px;border-radius:7px;box-shadow:darkblue 0px 3px 3px;"> User:Dunkleosteus77 &#124;push to talk 04:07, 26 June 2020 (UTC)
 * This option is so close to option 5 that I proposed above -- i.e. the initial version of 2019 -- that I would also agree to this one: yes, it is crisp and clear. -- BhagyaMani (talk) 06:50, 26 June 2020 (UTC)


 * Option 2 is well written, very detailed and also accurate. Idealigic (talk) 19:12, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Option 2 is the most accurate and precise as to what a "Bengal tiger" is. Some1 (talk) 04:29, 12 July 2020 (UTC)