Archive · 20 Aug 2026
Male Tiger Camera-Trapped in Assam’s Dihing Patkai National Park
Scientists photographed a male tiger in Assam’s Dihing Patkai National Park.
They used a camera trap, which takes a picture when an animal moves nearby.
The monitoring was done by the Zoological Survey of India and the state forest department.
Forest officials had earlier found tiger footprints called pug marks.
The new photograph confirmed that a tiger is living or moving in the park.
Environmentalists said tigers had been seen there before, but this was the first camera-trap record.
The park is a large rainforest in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
It is home to eight different kinds of wild cats.
A male tiger was camera-trapped in Dihing Patkai National Park on August 19.
The record came from monitoring by the Zoological Survey of India and Assam’s forest department.
The monitoring involved the Margherita West Forest Range and Digboi Forest Division.
Earlier pug marks had suggested a tiger’s presence, but the camera image provided scientific confirmation.
The rainforest park covers about 231.65 to 232 square kilometres and shelters eight wild cat species.
- Who
- A male tiger was recorded by the Zoological Survey of India and Assam’s forest department; Environment and Forest Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah announced the record.
- What
- A camera trap scientifically confirmed the presence of a male tiger in Dihing Patkai National Park.
- When
- The tiger was recorded and the announcement was made on August 19; the articles do not specify a year.
- Where
- Dihing Patkai National Park in Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts, during monitoring linked to the Margherita West Forest Range and Digboi Forest Division.
- Why
- Monitoring was conducted to document wildlife and investigate indications of tiger presence, including previously discovered pug marks.
- Animal recorded
- One male tiger
- Protected area
- Dihing Patkai National Park
- Park area
- Reported as 231.65 square kilometres in one article and 232 square kilometres in another
- Monitoring agencies
- Zoological Survey of India and Assam’s state forest department
- Earlier evidence
- Forest officials had found pug marks suggesting a tiger’s presence
- Wild cat diversity
- The park shelters eight species, including tigers, leopards, clouded leopards and fishing cats
- Park nickname
- The “Amazon of the East,” referring to its rainforest landscape
