"tiger skulls. The authors proposed to classify Sumatran and Javan tiger as distinct species, ""P. sumatrae"" and ""P. sondaica"" with Bali tiger as subspecies ""P. sondaica balica"". In 2015, morphological, ecological and molecular traits of all putative tiger subspecies were analysed in a combined approach. Results support distinction of the two evolutionary groups continental and Sunda tigers. The authors proposed recognition of only two subspecies, namely ""P. t. tigris"" comprising the Bengal, Malayan, Indochinese, South Chinese, Siberian and Caspian tiger populations, and ""P. t. sondaica"" comprising the Javan, Bali and Sumatran tiger populations. The authors also noted that this reclassification"
"Bengal bush lark The Bengal bush lark (""Mirafra assamica"") or Bengal lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Asia. The differences within the genus ""Mirafra"" are often very subtle and confusing with many differences apparent only when specimens are examined in hand. The Bengal bush lark was earlier classified into several races, the Bengal race ""assamica"" and the Madras race ""affinis"". These were subsequently split, on the basis of diagnostic song and display characters, into the Jerdon's bush lark (""Mirafra affinis"") and ""assamica"" in the strict sense. Formerly, both the Burmese bush lark and"
"Bengal Bengal (; ) is a geopolitical, cultural and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Geographically, it is made up by the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta system, the largest such formation in the world; along with mountains in its north bordering the Himalayan states of Nepal and Bhutan and east bordering Burma. Politically, Bengal is currently divided between Bangladesh (which covers two-thirds of the region) and the Indian territories of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley (altogether cover the remaining one-third). In 2011, the population"
"the breeding season. Bengal bush lark The Bengal bush lark (""Mirafra assamica"") or Bengal lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found in southern Asia. The differences within the genus ""Mirafra"" are often very subtle and confusing with many differences apparent only when specimens are examined in hand. The Bengal bush lark was earlier classified into several races, the Bengal race ""assamica"" and the Madras race ""affinis"". These were subsequently split, on the basis of diagnostic song and display characters, into the Jerdon's bush lark (""Mirafra affinis"") and ""assamica"" in the strict sense. Formerly, both the Burmese"
"Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel (""Mustela sibirica"") is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Siberian weasels have long, stretched out bodies with relatively short legs, but are more heavily built than solongois, stoats and least weasels. Their heads are elongated, narrow and relatively small, and their ears are broad at the base, but short. Their tails represent half their body length. Siberian weasels are much larger than stoats and solongois, and almost approach ferrets and"
"Sumatran orangutan The Sumatran orangutan (""Pongo abelii"") is one of the three species of orangutans. Found only in the north of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, it is rarer than the Bornean orangutan but more common than the recently identified Tapanuli orangutan, also of Sumatra. Its common name is based on two separate local words, ""orang"" (""people"" or ""person"") and ""hutan"" (""forest""), and translates as 'person of the forest'. Male Sumatran orangutans grow to about tall and . Females are smaller, averaging and . Compared to the Bornean species, Sumatran orangutans are thinner and have longer faces; their hair is"
"Asian badger The Asian badger (""Meles leucurus""), also known as the sand badger is a species of badger native to Mongolia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia. Asian badgers are mostly lighter in colour than European badgers, though some forms may closely approach the former species in colour, if not darker, with smudges of ocherous and brownish highlights. The flanks are lighter than the middle of the back, and the facial stripes are usually brown rather than black. Unlike the facial stripes of European badgers, those of Asian badgers narrow behind their eyes and extend above the ears."
"Bengalis Bengalis ( ), also rendered as the Bengali people, Bangalis and Bangalees, are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the Bengal region in South Asia, specifically in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, presently divided between Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Assam's Barak Valley, who speak Bengali, a language from the Indo-Aryan language family. The term ""Bangalee"" is also used to denote people of Bangladesh as a nation. Bengalis are the third largest ethnic group in the world, after Han Chinese and Arabs. Apart from Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura,"
"secretion which reportedly takes a month to wash away. Siberian weasel The Siberian weasel (""Mustela sibirica"") is a medium-sized weasel native to Asia, where it is widely distributed and inhabits various forest habitats and open areas. It is therefore listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Siberian weasels have long, stretched out bodies with relatively short legs, but are more heavily built than solongois, stoats and least weasels. Their heads are elongated, narrow and relatively small, and their ears are broad at the base, but short. Their tails represent half their body length. Siberian weasels are much larger"
"had a heavy meal before it was killed, without which it would have weighed significantly less. Likewise, the record length for a tiger's skull was ""over the bone"" for a tiger that was shot in 1927 in northern India. The Bengal and Siberian tigers are amongst the tallest cats in shoulder height. They are also ranked with the Caspian tiger among the biggest cats that ever existed. However, on average, a wild adult male Siberian tiger at body weight is outweighed by an adult, male Bengal tiger at . A well-known allele found only in the Bengal population produces the"
"prey on other predators, including dogs, leopards, pythons, sloth bears, and crocodiles. In Siberia, the main prey species are Manchurian wapiti and wild boar (the two species comprising nearly 80% of the prey selected) followed by sika deer, moose, roe deer, and musk deer. Asiatic black bears and Ussuri brown bears may also fall prey to tigers, and they constitute up to 40.7% of the diet of Siberian tigers depending on local conditions and the bear populations. In Sumatra, prey include sambar deer, muntjac, wild boar, Malayan tapir and orangutan. Like many predators, tigers are opportunistic and may eat much"
"the Javan, Bali and Sumatran tiger populations. Genetic studies based on 20 tiger bone and tissue samples from museum collections revealed that Caspian and Siberian tigers shared a common ancestor and separated only about 200 years ago. They should be defined as a single subspecies. In 2017, the Cat Specialist Group revised felid taxonomy and now recognizes the tiger populations in continental Asia as ""P. t. tigris"". Photographs of skins of Caspian and Amur tigers indicate that the main background colour of the Caspian tiger's pelage varied and was generally brighter and more uniform than that of the Siberian tiger."
"Eastern South Asia Eastern South Asia is a subregion of South Asia. It includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India (specifically east India and northeast India), and Nepal. Geographically, it lies between the Eastern Himalayas and the Bay of Bengal. Two of the world's largest rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, flow into the sea through Eastern South Asia. The region includes the world's highest mountainous terrain and the world's largest delta, and has a climate ranging from alpine and subalpine to subtropical and tropical. Since Nepal, Bhutan, and northeast India are landlocked, the coastlines of Bangladesh and East India"
"the forest floor. It feeds on insects, frogs, skinks, and snakes. An oviparous species, it lays a clutch of as many as six eggs. 5. Snakes of Bangladesh (http://www.snakebd.com/) Sibynophis sagittarius Sibynophis sagittarius, commonly known as Cantor's black-headed snake, is a species of snake endemic to South Asia. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, central and northeastern India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Adults may attain 28 cm (11 inches) in total length, with a tail 6 cm (2⅜ inches) long. As the common name implies, the dorsal surface of the head, including the nape of the neck, is black or dark"
"in the 1990s. China imposed a ban, for exporting frog legs, of Rana tigerina. Largest frogs' exportation include, three major countries: India, Bangladesh and Indonesia. Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, the Indus Valley bullfrog or Indian bullfrog, popular name Asian bullfrog, Asean bullfrog or Asia bullfrog, is a large species of frog found in mainland Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal. It has been introduced in Madagascar and India's Andaman Islands, where it is now a widespread invasive species. They are found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka. They are also found in the Maldives and"
"revealed that the tigers in question had a Bengal tiger mitochondrial haplotype indicating that their mother was a Bengal tiger. Skin, hair and blood samples from 71 tigers collected in various Indian zoos, in the National Museum in Kolkata and including the two hair samples from Dudhwa National Park were prepared for microsatellite analysis that revealed that two tigers had alleles in two loci that were contributed by Bengal and Siberian tiger subspecies. However, samples of two hybrid specimens constituted a too small base to conclusively presume that ""Tara"" was the source of the Siberian tiger genes. For his contributions"
"History of Bengal The history of Bengal is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It includes modern-day Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley, located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent, at the apex of the Bay of Bengal and dominated by the fertile Ganges delta. The advancement of civilization in Bengal dates back four millennia. The region was known to the ancient Greeks and Romans as ""Gangaridai"". The Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers act as a geographic marker"
"the Bengal Sultanate period. Most of the Bengal region lies in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta, but there are highlands in its north, northeast and southeast. The Ganges Delta arises from the confluence of the rivers Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers and their respective tributaries. The total area of Bengal is 232,752 km—West Bengal is and Bangladesh . The flat and fertile Bangladesh Plain dominates the geography of Bangladesh. The Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet regions are home to most of the mountains in Bangladesh. Most parts of Bangladesh are within above the sea level, and it is believed that about 10%"
"Kuala Lumpur in neighbouring Malaysia are unresolved. Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu (Indonesian: ""Cagar Biosfer Giam Siak Kecil Bukit Batu"" or CB-GSK-BB) is a peatland area in Riau Province of Sumatra, covering and large parts of Bengkalis Regency and Siak Regency. It is a declared UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Reserve and supports a sustainable timber industry. It is home to two wildlife reserves, namely Giam Siak Wildlife Reserve and Bukit Batu Wildlife Reserve; flagship species include the Sumatran elephant and Sumatran tiger. The biosphere reserve is located in a province that has seen widespread forest destruction."
"Hoplobatrachus tigerinus Hoplobatrachus tigerinus, the Indus Valley bullfrog or Indian bullfrog, popular name Asian bullfrog, Asean bullfrog or Asia bullfrog, is a large species of frog found in mainland Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Nepal. It has been introduced in Madagascar and India's Andaman Islands, where it is now a widespread invasive species. They are found in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Myanmar, Afghanistan, and Sri Lanka. They are also found in the Maldives and Madagascar. They prefer freshwater wetlands and aquatic habitats. Generally they avoid coastal and forest areas. ""Rana tigrina"" is mostly solitary and nocturnal in nature. They"
"India, Kenya, Laos, Madagascar, Malawi, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, United States, and Vietnam. Sapphires from different geographic locations may have different appearances or chemical-impurity concentrations, and tend to contain different types of microscopic inclusions. Because of this, sapphires can be divided into three broad categories: classic metamorphic, non-classic metamorphic or magmatic, and classic magmatic. Sapphires from certain locations, or of certain categories, may be more commercially appealing than others, particularly classic metamorphic sapphires from Kashmir, Burma, or Sri Lanka that have not been subjected to heat-treatment. The Logan sapphire, the Star of India, and the Star"
"of Bengal tigers. The size variation in skulls of Siberian tigers ranges from in nine individuals measured. A female skull is always smaller and never as heavily built and robust as that of a male. The height of the sagittal crest in its middle part reaches as much as , and in its posterior part up to . Female skulls range from . The skulls of male Caspian tigers from Turkestan had a maximum length of , while that of females measured . A tiger killed on the Sumbar River in Kopet-Dag in January 1954 had a greatest skull length"
"Bengal fox The Bengal fox (""Vulpes bengalensis""), also known as the Indian fox, is a fox endemic to the Indian subcontinent and is found from the Himalayan foothills and Terai of Nepal through southern India and from southern and eastern Pakistan to eastern India and southeastern Bangladesh. ""Vulpes bengalensis"" is a relatively small fox with an elongated muzzle, long, pointed ears, and a bushy tail about 50 to 60% of the length of the head and body. Its dorsal pelage is very variable, but mostly grayish and paler ventrally; its legs tend to be brownish or rufous. It is more"
"in West Bengal, Sundarbans East, Sundarbans South and Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuaries in Bangladesh. The Sundarban National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve in West Bengal, India. It is part of the Sundarbans on the Ganges Delta, and adjacent to the Sundarbans Reserve Forest in Bangladesh. The delta is densely covered by mangrove forests, and is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal tiger. It is also home to a variety of bird, reptile and invertebrate species, including the salt-water crocodile. The present Sundarbans National Park was declared as the core area of Sundarbans"
"Siberut National Park Siberut National Park comprises 1,905 km (47%) of the island of Siberut in the Mentawai Islands of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The whole island including the national park is part of the World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The notable aspects of the park are its endemic fauna, flora, and indigenous inhabitants, the Mentawai, who still live according to hunter-gather traditions. The Mentawai Islands are thought to have been isolated from mainland of Sumatra for over 500,000 years, thereby producing unique ecosystems. The dominant ecosystem type is Dipterocarpaceae rainforest, but the park comprises also four other ecosystems: mixed primary"
"The Okavango Delta in Botswana is one example. The generic term ""mega delta"" can be used to describe very large Asian river deltas, such as the Yangtze, Pearl, Red, Mekong, Irrawaddy, Ganges-Brahmaputra, and Indus. The formation of a delta is complicated, multiple, and cross-cutting over time, but in a simple delta three main types of bedding may be distinguished: the bottomset beds, foreset/frontset beds, and topset beds. This three part structure may be seen in small scale by crossbedding. The Ganges/Brahmaputra combination delta, which spans most of Bangladesh and empties into the Bay of Bengal, is the world's largest delta."
"Baul Baul or Bauls () are a group of mystic minstrels from the Bengal region of South Asia, which includes Bangladesh and the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura and Assam's Barak Valley. Bauls constitute both a syncretic religious sect and a musical tradition. Bauls are a very heterogeneous group, with many sects, but their membership mainly consists of Vaishnava Hindus and Sufi Muslims. They can often be identified by their distinctive clothes and musical instruments. Lalon Shah is regarded as the most celebrated Baul saint in history. Although Bauls comprise only a small fraction of the Bengali population, their"
"Where the delta meets the Bay of Bengal, Sundarbans mangroves form the world's largest mangrove ecoregion, covering an area of in a chain of 54 islands. They derive their name from the predominant mangrove species, ""Heritiera fomes"", which are known locally as ""sundri"" or ""sundari"". Animals in the delta include the Indian python (""Python molurus""), clouded leopard (""Neofelis nebulosa""), Indian elephant (""Elephas maximus indicus"") and crocodiles, which live in the Sundarbans. Approximately 1,020 endangered Bengal tigers (""Panthera tigris tigris"") are believed to inhabit the Sundarbans. The Ganges–Brahmaputra basin has tropical deciduous forests that yield valuable timber: sal, teak, and peepal"
"covers of which about are in Bangladesh. It became inscribed as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Indian part of Sundarbans is estimated to be about , of which about is occupied by waterbodies in the forms of river, canals and creeks of width varying from a few metres to several kilometres. The Sundarbans is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests. The interconnected network of waterways makes almost every corner of the forest accessible by boat. The area is known for the Bengal tiger (""Panthera tigris tigris""), as"
"Bengal slow loris The Bengal slow loris (""Nycticebus bengalensis"") or northern slow loris is a strepsirrhine primate and a species of slow loris native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina. Its geographic range is larger than that of any other slow loris species. Considered a subspecies of the Sunda slow loris (""N. coucang"") until 2001, phylogenetic analysis suggests that the Bengal slow loris is most closely related to the Sunda slow loris. However, some individuals in both species have mitochondrial DNA sequences that resemble those of the other species, due to introgressive hybridization. It is the largest species of slow"
"Sussex × in 2009. Ulmus pumila Ulmus pumila, the Siberian elm, is a tree native to Central Asia, eastern Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, Tibet, northern China, India (northern Kashmir) and Korea. It is also known as the Asiatic elm and dwarf elm, but sometimes miscalled the 'Chinese Elm' (""Ulmus parvifolia""). It is the last tree species encountered in the semi-desert regions of central Asia. Described by Pallas in the 18th century from specimens from Transbaikal, ""Ulmus pumila"" has been widely cultivated throughout Asia, North America, Argentina, and southern Europe, becoming naturalized in many places, notably across much of"
"tiger, although the forest hosts many other endangered species, such as the Gangetic dolphin, river terrapin and estuarine crocodile. The mangrove forest also acts as a natural fish nursery, supporting coastal fishes along the Bay of Bengal. Recognizing its special conservation value, Sundarban area has been declared as a Biosphere Reserve. The culture of West Bengal attracts tourists from around the world. It has its roots in literature, music, fine arts, drama and cinema. The Darjeeling Himalayan hill region shows a different cultural aspect. Rabindranath Tagore is Asia's first Nobel laureate and composer of India's national anthem. Swami Vivekananda was"
"Sal and other trees of the tropical evergreen type. Above 1000 m, the forest type changes to subtropical. In Darjeeling, which is above 1500 m, common trees typifying the temperate forest are oaks, conifers, and rhododendrons. Protected areas of West Bengal Protected areas of West Bengal cover 4% of the state area. Forests make up 14% of the geographical area of West Bengal, which is lower than the national average of 23%. Part of the world's largest mangrove forest, Sundarbans, is located in southern West Bengal. There are 6 national parks and 15 wildlife sanctuaries in West Bengal. Wildlife in"