In the wild, tigers typically feed on huge and medium-sized mammals, specifically ungulates weighing 60–250 kg (130–550 lb). Range-wide, sambar deer, wapiti, barasingha and wild boar are considerably preferred. Tigers are able to taking down large prey like grownup gaur however may also opportunistically consume a great deal smaller prey, consisting of monkeys, peafowl and different ground-primarily based totally birds, hares, porcupines, and fish. They additionally prey on different predators, such as dogs, leopards, pythons, bears, and crocodiles. Tigers typically do now no longer prey on absolutely grown grownup Asian elephants and Indian rhinoceros however incidents were reported. More often, its miles the greater susceptible small calves this can be taken. When in near proximity to people, tigers may also now and again prey on such home cattle as cattle, horses, and donkeys. Although nearly completely carnivorous, tigers will every now and then consume plant life for nutritional fibre consisting of fruit of the sluggish fit tree.

Dentition of tiger above, and of Asian black undergo below. The huge canine are used for killing, and the carnassials for tearing flesh.Tigers are notion to be specifically nocturnal predators, however in regions wherein people are absent, remote-controlled, hidden digital digicam traps recorded them searching in daylight. They typically hunt by myself and ambush their prey as maximum different cats do, overpowering them from any angle, the usage of their frame length and power to knock the prey off balance. Successful hunts typically require the tiger to nearly concurrently bounce onto its quarry, knock it over, and take hold of the throat or nape with its teeth.Despite their huge length, tigers can attain speeds of approximately 49–sixty five km/h (30–forty mph) however handiest in brief bursts; consequently, tigers ought to be near their prey earlier than they spoil cover. If the prey senses the tiger's presence earlier than this, the tiger typically abandons the search as opposed to chase prey or warfare it head-on. Horizontal leaps of up to ten m (33 ft) were reported, despite the fact that leaps of round 1/2 of this distance are greater typical. One in 2 to twenty hunts, such as stalking close to capacity prey, leads to a success kill.

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ALINA SMITH
Journal of Animal Sciences and Livestock Production