Field record
Bengal Tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
A rare fifteen minutes: the tiger came down to the waterhole and simply stayed, and we sat and watched. I caught this frame mid-yawn, when it was completely at ease.
- Location
- Nagarhole National Park
- Coordinates
- 12.03° N · 76.13° E
Field guideEndangered
Unusually for a big cat, tigers are strong, willing swimmers that hunt and cool off in water, as at this Nagarhole waterhole.
- Family
- Felidae (cats)
- Length
- 164–211 cm (head and body, excluding tail)
- Diet
- Large ungulates (chital, sambar, wild boar, gaur, water buffalo)
- Range
- Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and southwestern China)