Tigers of Sundarbans in India: is the population a separate conservation unit?

The Sundarbans tiger inhabits a unique mangrove habitat and are morphologically distinct from the recognized tiger subspecies in terms of skull morphometrics and body size. Thus, there is an urgent need to assess their ecological and genetic distinctiveness and determine if Sundarbans tigers should...

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Main Authors: Sujeet Kumar Singh, Sudhanshu Mishra, Jouni Aspi, Laura Kvist, Parag Nigam, Puneet Pandey, Reeta Sharma, Surendra Prakash Goyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118846