5 Types of Bengal Tigers Found in India

The Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is the national animal of India, Listed among the biggest wild cats alive today by size and weight. India is home to 2,967 tigers in the wild but still listed as endangered and threatened by poaching, loss, and fragmentation of habitat.

White Tiger

The white tiger is another variant of the Bengal tiger, Also reported from the wild but very rare as compare to Bengal tigers. Several white tigers are found in captivity and around one hundred being found in Indian zoo, Delhi Zoo, Mysore zoo and Nandankanan Zoological Park. Pic Credit – Mysorezoo.info.

Here another wonder from #India. After black panther here black #tiger. Only wild melanistic tiger documentation in world from current times. They have broad black stripes. A camera trap from Odisha. Courtesy FD. pic.twitter.com/l6G7c1qeNv

— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 12, 2020

Black Tiger

The black tiger is not a distinct species but with thick stripes due to the non-agouti mutation, So called the black tigers are due to pseudo melanism and smaller than normal tigers, Very rare two black tigers born at the Nandankanan Zoological Park. Pic Credit – Nandankanan.org

On #utkaldibasha, a fascinating fact on Odisha.
It’s the only place in the world where you have black Tigers👍🏻
And Nandankanan is the only place where you can meet all the three varieties- Black, White & Normal.
Proud of Odisha🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/Gj37DRQY9z
— Susanta Nanda (@susantananda3) April 1, 2020

Golden Tiger

The Golden tiger is another rare colour variation caused by a recessive gene, India has a records of wild golden tigers. Kaziranga National Park reserve in Assam is known to only home of a very beautiful and rare golden female tiger but no verified recent wild sightings exist.

Do you know in #India we have a Golden #Tiger also. Only documentation of such big cat in 21st century on planet. This by Mayuresh Hendre. Look at this beauty. pic.twitter.com/8kiOy5fZQI
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 10, 2020

Snow Tiger

Snow Tiger is no different then Royal Bengal Tiger with yellow – orange in color with black stripes, But got his name from the habitat. India’s first snow tiger spotted in upper Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, high in the Himalayas at 3630m around the snow-clad peaks of Eastern Himalayas.

The tiger at Kamlang, Arunachal Pradesh. Do you know with this camera trap what is special about this place; among India’s five big cats now it has presence of four; tiger, leopard, snow leopard & clouded leopard. All glowing bright at this height. #IncredibleIndia pic.twitter.com/JK5OP0NlLK
— Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 16, 2020

Swamp Tiger

Swamp tiger of Sundarbans are Royal Bengal Tiger, little smaller in size, slimmer in appearance but extremely powerful with ability to run on mangrove of Sundarbans. The Sundarbans swamp is home to about 74 endangered Bengal tigers and provides a unique ecosystem plus one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger.