The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found through the rainforests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India and Nepal. Its fur is orange-brown with black stripes. Bengal Tiger - Physical Characteristics. Male Bengal Tigers measure 2.7 to 3.1 m (8.86 to 10.17 ft) in length, weigh 180 to 258 kg (418 to 569 lb), and have a greatest skull length of 329 to 378 mm (13 to 15 in.). The average male Bengal Tiger is approximately 2.9 m ...

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Bengal Tiger, Bengal Tiger - Physical Characteristics, Bengal Tiger - Distribution, Bengal Tiger - Diet, Bengal Tiger - Habitat, Bengal Tiger - Maneaters

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Over much of the tiger's vast geographic range, wild pig, wild cattle (including gaur) and several species of deer are its primary prey. Grassland ungulate prey of the Bengal Tiger range in size from 30 to 900 kg (65 to 2,000 lb). Tigers have also been know to prey on young elephants. Bengal tigers prefer to hunt mostly by night. During the day, the cover of the tall "elephant grass" gives the feline excellent camouflage. They are also known to prey on peacocks and can climb trees in order to hunt primates. Despite their size a Bengal ...

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At the foot of the Himalayas, Chitwan is one of the few remaining undisturbed vestiges of the Terai region, which formerly extended over the foothills of Nepal. It has a particularly rich flora and fauna. One of the last populations of single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros lives in the park, which is also one of the last refuges of the Bengal tiger. See also. Royal Chitwan National Park Chitwan District ...

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White tigers are tigers with pink noses and white to cream colored fur with black, grey or chocolate-colored stripes; their eyes are usually blue, but may be green or amber. There are around 600 white tigers in the world. Because this coloration is so striking, white tigers have become popular attractions in zoos and entertainment that showcases exotic animals; the magicians Siegfried and Roy are famous for using several trained white tigers in their shows. Contrary to popular belief, white tigers are not an endangered species in their own right, but are a sel ...

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Tigers (Panthera tigris) are mammals of the Felidae family and one of four "big cats" in the Panthera genus. A group of tigers is called an "ambush" or a "streak". They are predatory carnivores and the largest of all living cats. Most tigers live in forests and grasslands (for which their camouflage is ideally suited). Among the big cats, only the tiger and jaguar are strong swimmers, and tigers are often found bathing in ponds, lakes and rivers. Tigers hunt alone and eat primarily medium-sized herbivores such as deer, w ...

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Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla (Bengali), is a region in the northeast of South Asia. Today it is mainly divided between the independent country of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous state of Bengal (during local monarchial regimes and British rule) are part of the Indian states of Bihar, Tripura and Orissa. Bengal ...

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• Bengal - Independence
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• Bengal - Pala Dynasty
• Bengal - Sena Dynasty
• Bengal - Ilyas Dynasty
• Bengal - Ganesa Dynasty
• Bengal - Ilyas Dynasty
• Bengal - Habshis Dynasty
• Bengal - Husaini Dynasty
• Bengal - Suri Dynasty
• Bengal - Karani Kararani Dynasty
• Bengal - Nawabs of Bengal
• Bengal - Maps during British rule on external sites

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West Bengal (পশ্চিম বঙ্গ, Pościm Bôngo) is a state in the eastern region of India. Neighbouring regions are Nepal to the northwest, Sikkim and Bhutan to the north, Assam to the northeast, Bangladesh to the east, the Bay of Bengal to the south, Orissa to the southwest and Jharkhand and Bihar to the west. West Bengal - History. For more on Bengal's history prior to 1947, see Bengal. Bengal was ruled by the Buddhist Pala dynasty from 750 to 1161. The Palas were eclipsed by ...

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A young pedigree Bengal The Bengal cat is a relatively new breed of domestic housecat (felis catus) developed to have a gentle and friendly temperament, while exhibiting facial coloration patterns and body coat patterns (such as spots and rosettes) reminiscent of the wild Asian Leopard cat, felis bengalensis. Put another way, a bengal cat desirably has 'wild' coat characteristics and coloration with a gentle domestic cat tempe ...

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Darjeeling is a town in the Indian state of West Bengal and headquarters of Darjeeling district, situated in the foothills of the Himalaya at elevations of between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. With India attaining independence on 15 August 1947, the district of Darjeeling remained in the partitioned section of Bengal (West Bengal) and therefore in the Indian union. With the district's sub-Himalayan and geographical condition, it occupied a unique status in the state. The only remaining industry, that is the Te ...

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The Ganges River (Ganga in Indian languages; Ganges is the Latin form) (Devanagari गंगा) is the major river in northern India and Bangladesh. The river has a long history of reverence in India and is often called the 'holy Ganga'. It originates as the Bhagirathi from the Gangotri Glacier in the Uttaranchal Himalayas and joins the Alaknanda near Deoprayag to form the Ganga. Then on, the Ganga flows across the large plains of North India (called the Gangetic Plains) and empties into the Bay of Bengal after dividing ...

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In 1967 a Cincinnati-based ownership group led by Paul Brown was granted a franchise in the American Football League. He named the team the Bengals in order "to give it a link with past professional football in Cincinnati." [1] Another Bengals team existed in the city from 1937 to 1941, and played in various incarnations of older American Football Leagues. The city of Cincinnati's Zoo was famous for having the rare Bengal Tiger in captivity which ...

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Cincinnati Bengals, Cincinnati Bengals - Franchise history, Cincinnati Bengals - The first three seasons, Cincinnati Bengals - The 1970s, Cincinnati Bengals - The 1980s, Cincinnati Bengals - The 1990s, Cincinnati Bengals - The Early 2000s, Cincinnati Bengals - Season-by-season, Cincinnati Bengals - Contributions to NFL Culture, Cincinnati Bengals - The Ickey Shuffle, Cincinnati Bengals - No Huddle Offense, Cincinnati Bengals - West Coast Offense/Paul Brown's Offense, Cincinnati Bengals - Players of note, Cincinnati Bengals - Current roster, Cincinnati Bengals - Pro Football Hall of Famers, Cincinnati Bengals - Retired numbers, Cincinnati Bengals - Reserved numbers, Cincinnati Bengals - External link

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Most white tigers currently in captivity can trace ancestry to a single individual - a male named Mohan, captured in India in 1951. Although Mohan was not the first white tiger in captivity, he was the first to successfully breed in captivity. Mohan was bred to a wild-caught orange tigress named Begum, but they produced only orange cubs because Begum did not carry the white gene. Mohan was then repeatedly bred to his daughter Radha. Radha's offspring included Mohini (Enchantress). Mohan died in 1969, aged almost 20. He was the last recorded wild-caught white tiger and the first Bengal tiger to be regis ...

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Animals in the delta include the endangered Bengal tiger, the Indian python, Clouded leopard, Asian elephant, and crocodiles, which live in the Sundarbans, a vast area of mangrove forest and swampland that line the southern edges of the Ganges Delta in a chain of 54 islands. Approximately 1,020 Bengal Tigers are believed to inhabit the Sundarbans. It is estimated that 30,000 spotted deer are in the Sundarbans part of the delta. Birds found in the delta include kingfishers, eagles, swamp partridges, woodpeckers, shaliks, and the doel ( ...

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Ganges Delta, Ganges Delta - Shape and composition, Ganges Delta - Population, Ganges Delta - Agriculture and fishing, Ganges Delta - Cyclones and flooding, Ganges Delta - Climate, Ganges Delta - Flora & Fauna, Ganges Delta - Future of delta

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A tigard is the hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a leopardess. The only known attempts to mate the two have produced stillborns. In 1900, Carl Hagenbeck crossed a female leopard with a Bengal tiger. The stillborn offspring had a mixture of spots, rosettes and stripes. The 1951 book "Mammalian Hybrids" reported that tiger/leopard matings were infertile, producing spontaneously aborted "walnut sized foetuses". ...

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Panthera hybrid, Panthera hybrid - Dogla, Panthera hybrid - Jaglion, Panthera hybrid - Jagulep, Panthera hybrid - Leopon, Panthera hybrid - Leotig, Panthera hybrid - Lepjag, Panthera hybrid - Liard, Panthera hybrid - Liger, Panthera hybrid - Liguar, Panthera hybrid - Tigard, Panthera hybrid - Tigon, Panthera hybrid - Tiguar

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RIT's nickname is the "Tigers", a name given following an undefeated basketball season in the 1950s. Prior to that, RIT's athletic teams were called the "Techmen". In the late 1950s, RIT purchased a rescued Bengal tiger which became the University's mascot, named Spirit. The original tiger's pelt now resides in the school's archives at the on-campus library. A metal sculpture in the center of campus now provides an everlasting version of the mascot, and RIT has helped t ...

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Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester Institute of Technology - History, Rochester Institute of Technology - Academics, Rochester Institute of Technology - Campus, Rochester Institute of Technology - Research, Rochester Institute of Technology - Athletics, Rochester Institute of Technology - Campus Life, Rochester Institute of Technology - Alumni

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Hercules, one of the most widely-publicized ligers can be found at Parrot Jungle Island in Miami, Florida. Not only were European news outlets profiling the beast, but the American The Today Show, Good Morning America, and Anderson Cooper 360 all featured him as well in 2005. A liger named Hobbs lives at Sierra Safari Zoo, Reno, Nevada, USA. He is the offspring of an African lion and a Bengal tigress. According to the zoo, "He roars like a lion and swims like a tiger. He's definitely all cat. He likes to play, and for all his incre ...

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In 1987, two tigons (Aster, a male, and Tangier, a female) were bred accidentally to a Bengal tiger and a lioness at an Ashtons Circus in Australia. In 1994 Aster mauled a child who put put his arms through the bars of the tigons' cage. In December 2000, Australia's National Zoo in Canberra acquired the tigons, along with lions and tigers, from the private facility whose big cat accommodation was found to be inadequate. Although the zoo does not normally take on hybrids and will not breed any hybrid big cats, the tigons had no alternative an ...

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In 1995 the circus opened the Center for Elephant Conservation in Florida for the breeding, research and retirement of its Asian Elephant herd. All dogs in the shows are animal shelter rescues. The circus participates in breeding programs for endangered species used in the shows including the Bengal tiger and elephant. The tiger population is retired to Big Cat Rescue. ...

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - History, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - P. T. Barnum, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - James Bailey, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - The Ringling brothers, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - The combined shows, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Decline after the Ringling Brothers, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Resurgence with the Feld family, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - The Hartford Circus Fire, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Accusations of cruelty to animals, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Animal care and conservation, Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus - Names of the circus through the years

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Bangladesh consists mostly of a low-lying river delta located on the Indian subcontinent with a largely marshy jungle coastline on the Bay of Bengal known as the Sundarbans, home to the (Royal) Bengal Tiger and one of the largest mangrove forests in the world. Bangladesh is situated in the geographic region named the Ganges Delta (also known as the Ganges-Brahmaputra River Delta). This delta is the largest in the world. Having densely vegetated lands, Bangladesh is often called the Green Delta. The densely populated delta is formed by ...

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Bangladesh, Bangladesh - History, Bangladesh - Early history, Bangladesh - Arrival of Islam, Bangladesh - British Era, Bangladesh - 1947 Partition, Bangladesh - East Pakistan, Bangladesh - Independent Bangladesh, Bangladesh - Government and politics, Bangladesh - Structure of the Government, Bangladesh - Legal System, Bangladesh - Political parties, Bangladesh - Subdivisions, Bangladesh - Geography, Bangladesh - Economy, Bangladesh - Demographics, Bangladesh - Culture, Bangladesh - Sports, Bangladesh - Education, Bangladesh - Miscellaneous topics

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