Siberian tiger crosses a highway in Yanbian ethnic Korean autonomous city in N. China

[Bengal71]

Because Bengal happened to be the place where the type was attached to the scientific name of this species, could well have been other regions as they are abundant all over the subcontinent.

The name Bengal happened to have been attached to the species when majority population is elsewhere? Got it.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Why is it called Bengal tiger then?

The British hunters at the time settled in Bengal, called them Bengal tigers. It is not a scientific name, nothing to do with the unique genetic features of Bengal tiger. Only that the British given name stick.

Because Bengal happened to be the place where the type was attached to the scientific name of this species, could well have been other regions as they are abundant all over the subcontinent.

 

[namefield_empty]

The name Bengal happened to have been attached to the species when majority population is elsewhere? Got it.

More like the study and the taxonomic procedure happened to take place with tiger population in Bengal back then.

Here is something for you to ponden upon..
https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangla...sh-going-to-fail-in-doubling-tiger-population

Is Bangladesh going to fail in doubling tiger population?

According to the forest department, the number of tigers in Bangladesh has increased by eight in the last three years, which is only 8%. At the same time, the number of tigers in India has increased by 741.....

Meanwhile, Bengal tiger population is surging ahead in NE and other parts of India.

https://www.sentinelassam.com/top-headlines/tiger-population-in-assam-witnesses-increase/

Tiger Population In Assam Witnesses Increase

The British hunters at the time settled in Bengal, called them Bengal tigers. It is not a scientific name, nothing to do with the unique genetic features of Bengal tiger. Only that the British given name stick.

Not the scientific name, but the type was attached and Bengal name given for the reasons you mention.

 

[Chhatrapati]

Not the scientific name, but the type was attached and Bengal name given for the reasons you mention.

Yep, just the name given by Hunters. Hunting wild animals was a sport, besides Bengal was their Capital, with lots of Jungles around and they almost wiped out the entire Tiger population in the subcontinent.

 

[namefield_empty]

Yep, just the name given by Hunters. Hunting wild animals was a sport, besides Bengal was their Capital, with lots of Jungles around and they almost wiped out the entire Tiger population in the subcontinent.

Yes, makes for a grim reading. Read an account some time earlier that the Bengal Nawabs and the British used to kill hundreds of these magnificent creatures during a single hunting expedition.