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Mammal · Panthera tigris tigris
Bengal tiger
IUCN EN · EndangeredProtected under Indian law · I
Even where tigers are numerous, the animal is not easy to see: most visitors do not, and that is normal.
👀 How to recognise it
Far more often heard about than seen: alarm calls from chital, langur and sambar mean a predator is moving. Pug marks in the dust of the track are the usual evidence.
Protection
Schedule I, Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972
Where to see it
Mysore
Bandipur is part of the Nilgiri landscape that holds one of the largest tiger populations anywhere. It was one of the first nine reserves created under Project Tiger in 1973, built on what had been the Mysore maharaja's hunting preserve.
Bandipur Tiger Reserve