Tadoba Andheri Tiger Reserve

• Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve’s (TATR) dominant tiger Bajrang, who got its sobriquet given its shape and
• size, is said to have sired at least 50 cubs during his lifetime in an around Tadoba, died in a territorial fight with another powerful tiger Chhota Matka.
• Dominant male tiger protects his cubs around his territory and kills other male tigers intruding the area.

ABOUT TADOBA-ANDHARI TIGER RESERVE

• It is located in the Chandrapur district in Maharshtra.
• The reserve falls in the Central Plateau province of the Deccan peninsula.
• It is the largest and oldest Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra.
• Total area – 4 sq. km.
• Its landscape connects the tiger population of Maharashtra with that of Indravati in Chhattisgarh.
• Vegetation is tropical dry deciduous forests  with species like Teak, Ain, Bamboo, Bija, Dhaoda, Haldu, Salai, Semal and Tendu. Bamboo is spread over 40% of the habitat.
• Fauna -include the tiger, leopard, sloth bear, wild dog, gaur, chital, and sambar.
• Also about 280 species of birds are found, apart from reptiles (54 species), amphibians (11 species), and fishes (84 species).
• The Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has seen an increase in its tiger population from 87 in 2022 to 93 in 2023.
  • The survey conducted by TATR recorded 44 male and 47 female tigers, with the gender of two individuals unidentified.