IUCN Red List category

Endangered

Animals the IUCN Red List classes as Endangered, and what is known about their numbers.

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Strength & bite force

A tiger can kill and drag prey about five times its own weight, and its canine bite is modelled at…

Tiger7 min read

Comparisons

Chimp muscle makes about 1.35 times the force and power of human muscle of the same size (O'Neill et al.…

Size & weight

An adult male Bengal tiger weighs about 220 kg (480 lb) and a female about 140 kg (300 lb). The…

Records & rankings

An adult tiger usually weighs 75 to 325 kg (165 to 716 lb). Amur males are the heaviest wild tigers…

Tiger9 min read

Conservation & population

Bengal tigers live in India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. India has at least 3,167 of them, and tigers range from…

Diet & feeding

Bengal tigers eat mostly deer and wild pigs: chital, sambar and wild boar top the menu. They hunt about once…