Also called the Indian tiger or the Royal Bengal tiger (P. t.

tigris), this subspecies of tiger lives in the

Indian sub-continent where it is found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. Here, it inhabits
the subtropical and tropical rainforests, wet and dry deciduous forests, alluvial grasslands, scrub
forests, and mangrove habitats. The tiger subspecies is the most abundant one in the world even
though its numbers are still low enough for the subspecies to be classified as endangered. In 2014,
the population of the Indian tiger in India was about 2,226. In 2015, the population of this tiger in
Nepal was estimated to be about 163–253, and in Bhutan, it was about 103.