The Range of Prey Size of the Royal Bengal Tiger of Sundarbans

Table 3

Average weekly contribution of different prey base species to tiger diet in the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve area during the two different phases of study and weekly consumption of the Sundarbans tiger within zoo.

Prey base	(Kg/week) and % contribution to tiger diet; Phase 1		(Kg/week) and % contribution to tiger diet; Phase 2		Mean weekly consumption of Sundarban tiger in Zoo
	Biomass (kg/week)	Biomass %	Biomass (kg/week)	Biomass %
Spotted deer	31.5800	74.69	29.0850	65.49	7 kg of beef × 6 days + 1 day fast
Wild Boar	9.7060	22.95	14.6740	33.04
Rhesus monkey	0.3920	0.927	0.3850	0.866
Water monitor	0.5480	1.296	0.2310	0.520
Fishing cat	0.0100	0.023	0.0000	0.000
Fish	0.0325	0.076	0.0212	0.047
Crab	0.0021	0.004	0.0004	0.0009
Turtle	0.0075	0.017	0.0000	0.000
Bird	0.0000	0.000	0.0105	0.033
Total (kg)	42.28		44.41		42 .00