Author: J C Daniel
Publisher: Natraj Publishers
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 300
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8185019894
Description
The book on the natural history of the tiger looks at the era when the tiger was considered as an animal not on the verge of extinction but an animal to be exterminated!
The tiger has always been associated with India as hunting the tiger was the acme of sport hunting. Though focused on hunting, considerable data is available on its natural history from observant hunters who had to study the habits and behavior of the animal if they were to stay alive.
The book on the natural history of the tiger looks at the era when the tiger was considered as an animal not on the verge of extinction but an animal to be exterminated! The spirit of the tiger however, prevails in a documentation of the changing world of the tiger now well on the road to extinction.
Contents
CHAPTER 1
ORIGIN AND HISTORY
Origin and distribution
Kinship
CHAPTER 2
THE TIGER AND ITS RACES
Indian Tigers
Tigers of the Caspian
Tigers of Mongolia, Manchuria and North China
Tigers of Burma, Assam and the Malay Peninsula
Tigers of the Sunda Islands
Summary
CHAPTER 3
DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION
Altitudinal distribution
Abundance in the past, Sumatra
Population past and present
Population estimation in the past
CHAPTER 4
COLOR AND SIZE
Natural Variation
Coat of Tigers
White Tigers
Black Tigers
Size
Length
Size and Weight
CHAPTER 5
SENSES
Smell and Hearing
CHAPTER 6
BEHAVIOR
Tiger tracks
Swimming
Climbing
Tiger calls
Tigers’ death cry
Other calls
Calling up Tigers
Territory
Cannibalism
Movement
CHAPTER 7
METHOD OF KILLING PREY
Methods
Scavenging
Wanton killing of cattle
Quantity eater and periodicity of killing
CHAPTER 8
LIFE AND DEATH
Number of cubs
Mating behavior
Courtship
Gestation period
Percentage of Pregnancies
Little size
Sex ratio
Sexual abnormality
Age
Disease and Wounds
CHAPTER 9
THE TIGER AND ITS NEIGHBORS
Porcupine
Tiger and Wild Dogs
Tiger and Leopard
Tiger and Bear
Gaur
Wild Buffalo
Elephant
CHAPTER 10
TIGER AND MANKIND
Encounters
Netting of Tigers
Tiger caught in nooses
Mauling
CHAPTER 11
MAN-EATERS
Sunderbans
Man-eater of Mundali
The Bansda Man-eater
The Lame Tigers
The Nelliampathy Man-eater
Rarity of Man-eater in South India
Man-eaters in Assam
Mark of the Man-eater
CHAPTER 12
HUNTING
Hunting on foot
Hunting with elephants
Tiger hunting in Burma
Valedictory
References
CHAPTER 13
VALEDICTORY
CHAPTER 14
REFERENCES