What is Bengal tiger?
{{Subspeciesbox | name = Bengal tiger | image = Adult male Royal Bengal tiger.jpg | image_caption = Male in [[Kanha Tiger Reserve]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]] | image2 = Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female.jpg | image2_caption = Female, about 2½ years old, at Kanha | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn/> | genus = Panthera | species_link = Tiger | species = tigris | subspecies = tigris | authority = ([[Linnaeus]], 1758) | synonyms = * ''P. t. fluviatilis'' * ''P. t. montanus'' * ''P. t. regalis'' * ''P. t. striatus'' | synonyms_ref = | range_map = Panthera tigris tigris and Panthera tigris corbetti distribution map.png | range_map_caption = Range of Bengal tiger in red }} The '''Bengal tiger ''' (''Panthera tigris'' ) is a [[tiger]] [[subspecies]] native to the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It lives in [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and northern [[India]]. It is the National animal of Bangladesh. The tiger's habitat includes [[tropical]] moist [[evergreen]] forests, tropical dry forests, tropical and [[subtropical]] moist [[deciduous]] forests, [[mangroves]], subtropical and temperate upland forests, and [[alluvial fan|alluvial]] [[grasslands]]. == Survival == In 2014 it became [[Endangered species|endangered]] by [[IUCN]]. There are less than 2,500 of these tigers.<ref name=iucn>{{IUCN |assessors=Chundawat, R. S., Khan, J. A., Mallon, D. P. |year=2010 |id=136899 |taxon=Panthera tigris tigris |version=2011.2}}</ref> There are about 1,520–1,909 in [[India]], 440 in [[Bangladesh]], 124–229 in [[Nepal]] and 67–81 in [[Bhutan]].<ref>Jhala, Y.V., Qureshi, Q., Sinha, P.R. (2011). ''Status of tigers, co-predators and prey in India''. National Tiger Conservation Authority, Govt of India and the Wildlife Institute of India, New Delhi and Dehra Dun, India.</ref><ref name=gtrp11>Global Tiger Initiative. (2011). [http://www.globaltigerinitiative.org/download/St_Petersburg/GTRP_Nov11_Final_Version_Eng.pdf ''Global Tiger Recovery Program 2010–2022''] {{Webarchive|url=https://w