Organism: Bengal Tiger
Scientific Name: Panthera tigris tigris
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Scientific Name: Panthera tigris tigris
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The tiger uses it’s large fangs to easily tear through flesh when eating it’s dead prey
The bengal tiger uses it’s unique fur coat as camouflage to catch prey more easily
Interdependence
Population
Flow of Energy
Population
- One of the few times bengal tigers interact with each other is when cubs are first born and stay with their mother
- Cubs cannot hunt until 18 months, and leave their mother after 2 or 3 more years
- After this, cubs become mature and go out to claim their own territory
- Another time bengal tigers interact with the population is mating
- Typical mating season is from April to June
- Each mating session takes place in about a week’s time
- Community interactions include buffalo, wild pigs, and deer
- Bengal tigers are nocturnal, which means they are active at night and rarely see any species besides prey
- They use their fur coats as camouflage and wait to pounce on prey
- Tigers often compete for prey with leopards in the wild, but the leopard’s diet is much smaller compared to a tiger’s
- Ecosystems capable of bengal tiger survival mostly include sufficient shade, drinking water, and prey
- Also require undisturbed breeding areas and interconnected forests
- Most bengal tiger’s biomes can range from temperate to deciduous forests
- Bengal tigers prefer a biome with many trees
Flow of Energy
- In the food chain, plants produce the initial energy from the sun through photosynthesis.
- Then, deer, which are herbivores, consume the plant’s energy.
- The deer are eaten and broken down into energy by carnivores and omnivores such as bears and tigers.
- When these predators die, they are decomposed by organisms like fungi and worms.