Ranthambore
The word Ranthambore is synonymous to Tiger and vice-versa.
Ranthambore was established as the Sawai Madhopur Game Sanctuary in 1955 by the Government Of India and was declared one of the PROJECT TIGER reserves in 1973. The park lies at the edge of a plateau and is bounded to the north by the Banas River and to the south by the Chambal River.
Ranthambore sanctuary is known for its healthy population of Bengal Tigers, which provides these big cats them with natural jungle habitat. The parks deciduous forests are typical characteristics of the type of jungles found in Central India.
Besides Bengal Tigers, one can find other fauna as leopards, nilgai (blue bull), wild boars, sambar, hyena, sloth bear, gray langurs, rhesus macaque, mugger crocodile, spotter deer as well as several species of birds.
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger is a population of Panthera tigris tigris native to the Indian subcontinent. The Bengal tiger ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world’s charismatic megafauna and is the national animal of both India and Bangladesh.
The Bengal tiger’s coat is yellow to light orange, with stripes ranging from dark brown to black; the belly and the interior parts of the limbs are white, and the tail is orange with black rings.
Bengal tigers weigh up to 325 kg (717 lbs), and reach a head and body length of 320 cm (130 in).The tiger has exceptionally stout teeth. Its canines are 7.5 to 10 cm (3.0 to 3.9 in) long and thus the longest among all cats.
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