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PHOTO STORY TIGERS

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KEEPING TRACK
SEEKING SHADE Ranthambore NP, Rajasthan, India
Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India
A female known as ‘Arrowhead’
Dominant male ‘Fateh’ steps out after a nap in an old walks around a lake at sunset.
building, which was once part of a village in the park. India’s national tiger census uses
Its residents were relocated and the dwellings now camera-traps to record sightings of
ofer Bandhavgarh’s tigers shelter and shade. individuals because no two tigers
Photo Kim Sullivan have the same stripe pattern.
PhotoAndyRouse

BIG DADDY
Ranthambore National Park,
Rajasthan, India

‘Kumbha’, a 12-year-old male,
has sired several cubs. This
year, Rajasthan’s chief wildlife
warden reported a population
rise in the state, including
26 births in Ranthambore
between 2016 and 2018.
Photo Vladimír Cech Jr

SPOTS AND STRIPES
Pench Tiger Reserve,
Madhya Pradesh, India
White ear spots play an
important role in intra-species
communication between
big cats, especially at night.
Cubs use them to locate their
mother as they follow her
through the dense forest.
Photo Anish Andheria

90 BBC Wildlife October 2018