29 Oct 2024        12:32:15 pm

Environmental Ecology

White Tiger

Tags : White Tiger

Topic: Biodiversity

Why in the news?

• Riddhi, a 15-year-old white tigress who had been a major attraction at Bhopal\'s Van Vihar National Park, passed away, likely due to age-related complications.

Source: The Hindu 

About White Tiger:

• It is also known as bleached tiger as it is a leucistic pigmentation variant of the Bengal tigers, Siberian Tiger and man-made hybrids between the two.
• It is found in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal, Bihar and Odisha in the Sundarbans region and especially in the former State of Rewa.
• It has the black stripes typical of the Bengal tiger, but carries a white or near-white coat.

Van Vihar National Park:

• It is located in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
• It is situated next to the famous Upper Lake of Bhopal also known as the “Bada Talab” which is a Ramsar Site and one of the two lakes of Bhoj Wetland.
• It has the unique distinction of being a combination of National Park, a Zoo, Rescue Centre for wild animals and Conservation Breeding Centre for selected vital species.
• It is the only place in central India where its rescue center harbors a number of Lions and Tigers rescued from the circuses, Sloth Bears rescued from the madaris, Tigers, Panthers and Bears rescued from the zones of human-wildlife conflict.
• It is also a designated co-ordinating zoo and Conservation Breeding Centre for the Hard Ground Barasingha, the state animal of Madhya Pradesh and two species of Gyps Vultures.
• It is a natural habitat for a variety of herbivores and carnivores namely, tiger, white tiger, leopard, hyena and sloth bear, chital, sambhar, blackbuck, blue bull, chousingha, common langur, rhesus monkey, porcupine, etc.

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