BIG GAME- 
TIGER. 
Felis Tigris. Native names: Bagh , Hind.; Slier, North India; Naliar, 
Central India ; Huli , Southern India ; Knola, Kurku ; Boolie , Gond. Cattle- 
eater, Ontea Bagh ; Game-eater, Lodkia Bagh ; Man-eater, Admi Khor* 
Habitat —Throughout India, met with in the Himalayas at 8,000 ft. 
Period of gestation .—Fourteen or fifteen weeks; cubs mostly born from De¬ 
cember to June ; seldom more than two cubs at a time are reared, and they 
stay with their mother till nearly full grown. 
Description .—Various shades of tawny yellow, striped with transverse 
black bars, which occupy the sides of the head, neck and body, and are con¬ 
tinued to the tail in the form of rings, the last of the series occupying the 
extremity thereof and giving it a black tip. Under parts of body and inner 
side of legs almost entirely white. 
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