According to forest officials, Tigress T-60 was spotted with a cub in a trap camera in Ranthambore recently.
According to forest officials, Tigress T-60 was spotted with a cub in a trap camera in Ranthambore recently.
This is the third time it has given birth. T-60 aka Indu was spotted with the cub which is said to be a couple of months old.
“The tigress is around 7-year-old and previously had given birth to a total of four cubs. The cub and the mother appear to be healthy and were spotted in zone-2 of the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) following which we have increased the monitoring”, said a forest official.
The earlier born offspring are called T-97, T-98, T-99, and T-119. Out of these, two are males while the other two are females. Coincidentally T-119 was given the name on Tuesday, which is the same day when the tigress was spotted with the fifth cub.
Though it was a good news, the increasing tiger population in the reserve means that space is decreasing for the big cats. The Ranthambore reserve has a core area of 392 sq-km with a buffer zone of 1,342 sq-km. Of the total area of a little over 1,700 sq-km in RTR, only 600 sq-km can be used by tigers. As per a rough estimate, a male tiger requires approximately 25 sq-km and a female about 15 sq-km.
The tiger population has been steadily increasing in the state and prior to this, for the second time in three decades, Kailadevi Wildlife Sanctuary, located in Karauli district, recorded the birth of two tiger cubs from T-118 aka Devi, who was seen in a trap camera with the offspring who appeared to be around two-and-a-half months old.
Devi, who is around three-and-a-half years old, is the offspring of Sultan and T-92. The duo had migrated from Ranthambore to Kailadevi. Devi mated with Toofan aka T-80 to give birth to the cubs.
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