The largest living member of the cat family…

The largest living member of the cat family, a heavily striped orange predator of the Indian subcontinent. Solitary and territorial, it hunts chital deer and wild boar after dark, drags kills into thick cover and, unusually among felines, swims strongly across rivers. Mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans delta hold a celebrated population. India made it the national animal and guards it in reserves such as Ranthambore, Kanha and Jim Corbett.

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