Bengal tiger
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The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris ) is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent. It lives in Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and northern India. It is the National animal of Bangladesh.
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Bengal tiger | |
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Male in Kanha Tiger Reserve, Madhya Pradesh, India | |
Female, about 2½ years old, at Kanha | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Carnivora |
Suborder: | Feliformia |
Family: | Felidae |
Subfamily: | Pantherinae |
Genus: | Panthera |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. t. tigris |
Trinomial name | |
Panthera tigris tigris (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Range of Bengal tiger in red | |
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The tiger's habitat includes tropical moist evergreen forests, tropical dry forests, tropical and subtropical moist deciduous forests, mangroves, subtropical and temperate upland forests, and alluvial grasslands.