National Animal - Tiger
Large Asiatic carnivorous feline quadruped, Panthera Tigris, maneless, of tawny yellow
colour with blackish transverse stripes and white belly, proverbial for its power and
its magnificence. There are very few tigers left in the world today. A decade ago the
tiger population in India had dwindled to a few hundreds. The Government of India, under
its Project Tiger programme, started a massive effort to preserve the tiger population.
Today, thanks to Project Tiger, India's population of tigers has considerably increased.
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