Game Animals of India, etc. 



THE TIGER 



(Felis tigris) 



Native Names. — Bagh (tiger), Baghni (tigress), 'and 

 Sher (tiger), Sherni (tigress), Hindustani ; Nahar 

 OR Sela-vagh^ Hindi of Central India ; Bahr^ 

 Persian ; Mazar, Baluchi ; Shink, Sindi ; Padar- 

 suhj Kashmiri ; Patayat-bagh and Wahag^ 

 Mahrathi ; Go-vagh^ Bengali ; Tut and Sad 

 OF the Hill-Tribes of Rajmehal ; Garumkula 

 OF THE KoLs ; Lakhra of the Uraons ; Krodi of 

 the Konds ; Kula of the Southals and Korkus ; 

 Pulij Tamil, Telegu, Malabari, and Gondi ; 

 Puli-redda-puli and Peram-pilU^ Tamil ; Pedda- 

 puli^ Telegu ; Perain-puli and Kudua^ Malabari ; 

 Kuli, Canarese ; Nari of the Kurgs ; Pirri 

 AND Bursh of the Todas of the Nilgiris ; Tag^ 

 Tibetan ; Pukt^ or Tuk^ Bhotias ; Sathong^ 

 Lepcha ;' Keh-va of the Limru ; Schi of the 

 Akas ; Matsa in the Garo Hills ; Kla in the 

 Khasi Hills ; Sa^ Ragdi^ Tekhu^ and Khudi^ 

 Naga ; Humpij Kuki ; Sumyo in Abor ; Su^ 

 Khampti ; Sirongj Singpho ; Kei^ Manipuri ; 

 Misi^ Kachari ; Kya^ Burmese ; Kla^ Talain ; 

 Khi^ Botha-o^ and Tupuli^ Karens ; Htso, Shans ; 

 Rimau, Arimau, or Harimau^ Malay. 



(Plate viii, fig. 2) 



As the wolf looms large in the nursery-stories and 

 fairy tales of Europe, so the name of the tiger is writ 

 large in the folk-lore of the natives of India and the 

 Malay countries. The Hindu believes that an addi- 

 tional lobe is added yearly to the liver ot the tiger, and 

 that his claws, if arranged together in a circle and hung 

 round the neck of a child, are a sure preservative 

 against evil. In most parts of the country the tiger is 



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