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Bengal Tiger

EN Endangered

Panthera tigris

Status

Endangered

Population

355 in Nepal (2022 census)

Trend

↑Increasing

Group

Mammals

Family

Felidae

Data Source

2025-2

Threat Summary

Habitat loss from infrastructure development (roads, railways through the Terai), retaliatory killing after livestock depredation and human attacks, poaching for the illegal wildlife trade, and declining prey base in degraded forests. Human-tiger conflict is increasing as tiger numbers grow and expand into new areas. Nepal compensates victims of wildlife attacks, but processing delays cause resentment. Threats are stable overall but human-wildlife conflict is intensifying.

Source: 2025-2

Threats (3)

Roads & railroads (Terai highways)

Code: 4.1 · Severity: Slow · Scope: Majority

Ongoing

Poaching for illegal wildlife trade

Code: 5.1.1 · Severity: Rapid · Scope: Minority

Ongoing

Retaliatory killing (human-wildlife conflict)

Code: 5.1.3 · Severity: Slow · Scope: Minority

Ongoing

Habitats (2)

Forest — Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland (Terai)

Code: 1.6 · Suitable · Major importance

Grassland — Subtropical/Tropical Dry (Terai floodplain)

Code: 4.5 · Suitable · Major importance

Countries (4)

BDBangladesh BTBhutan INIndia NPNepal

Conservation Actions (0)

No conservation action data available

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Carnivora

Family

Felidae

Genus

Panthera