Animals at a French Zoo - Bengal Tiger

Animals at a French Zoo - Bengal Tiger - Close up of Tiger. Part of Box 209 Boswell collection - Old and New French Zoo. The Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the most numerous tiger subspecies. Its populations have been estimated at 1, 706-1, 909 in India, 440 in Bangladesh, 163-253 in Nepal and 67-81 in Bhutan. Since 2010, it has been classified as endangered by the IUCN. The total population is estimated at fewer than 2, 500 individuals with a decreasing trend, and none of the Tiger Conservation Landscapes within the Bengal tiger's range is large enough to support an effective population size of 250 adult individualsS

Picture No

11059501

Media ID

44920026

Size

4188px x 4124px (2.4MB)

Credit

©The Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust / Mary Evans

Source

Unattributed Lantern Slide from the Boswell Collection, Bexley Heritage Trust

Date

circa 1900