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Bengal tiger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Any tiger of a specific, fragmented population of the subspecies Panthera tigris tigris in the Indian subcontinent.
   • Bengal tiger is considered sacred by Hindus and the antipodes (so-called no-caste tribes) living in the forests of India.[…]In addition to this, the health of forests is determined by the presence of Bengal tigers. 2011, Devidas K. Belsare, Vanishing Roar of Bengal Tigers, RoseDog Books, page ix:
   • Bengal tigers are endangered animals. Their numbers have been dropping for more than a century. In the early 1900s, about 40,000 Bengal tigers lived in India. Today, that number stands at around 1,400. About 400 more Bengal tigers live in nearby countries. 2012, Colleen A. Sexton, The Bengal Tiger, Bellwether Media, page 18:

Forms

Coordinates

South China tiger · Siberian tiger · Indochinese tiger · Malayan tiger · Caspian tiger†

Synonyms

royal Bengal tiger

Translations (36)

ko 벵골호랑이 (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ro tigru bengalez (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · fr tigre du Bengale (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · id harimau Benggala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · hu bengáli tigris (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · de Königstigerin (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · fi bengalintiikeri (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · es tigre de Bengala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · kip बंगाली ला (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · pl tygrys bengalski (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · vi hổ Bengal (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · sl bengalski tiger (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ja ベンガル虎 (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · vo regatigrid (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ru бенга́льский тигр (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · pt tigre-de-bengala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · sw chui-milia wa Bungala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · km ខ្លាដំបង (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · mk бенгалски тигар (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · de Königstiger (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · cmn 孟加拉虎 (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · km ខ្លាធំបេងហ្គាល់ (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · sq tigri i Bengalit (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ms harimau Benggala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ca tigre de Bengala (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · tr Bengal kaplanı (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · nl Bengaalse tijger (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · eo bengalia tigro (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · da Bengalsk tiger (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · fi intiantiikeri (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · uk бенга́льський тигр (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · sv Bengalisk tiger (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ja ロイヤル•ベンガルトラ (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · ar بَبْر بَنْغَالِيّ (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · io Bengala tigro (population of Panthera tigris tigris) · cmn 印度虎 (population of Panthera tigris tigris)