The Bengal tiger or the royal Bengal tiger is a subspecies in the tiger family found predominantly in parts of India, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.
This wild cat is known for its power and strength. It mainly hunts animals like wild boars, deer, water buffaloes, and sometimes, rhino calves.
However, despite their strength, Bengal tigers too, are close to being extinct. The main reasons are massive poaching and habitat loss. The tigers are killed for their skin and body parts, including bones and teeth for money and medicinal purposes. Habitat loss, which is a reason for the extinction of many animals, has caused tigers to come down to nearby villages in search of prey. This has increasingly led to a conflict between Man and tigers, as a result of which, the latter gets mostly killed.
Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans are the only tigers that inhabit mangrove forests.
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