There's Only One Golden Tiger Recorded In The Wild This Century And She's In Kaziranga, India

A lot of exotic species occur in the wild that are native to some countries and not found anywhere else. What is rare is for an animal to be the only one recorded at a particular place, in the entire century.

Mayuresh Hendre

You know that tigers are an endangered species and India has been making efforts to preserve the species. What many might not know is that India is also the home of a Golden Tiger that too the only one recorded in the entire world in this century.

IFS Parveen Kaswan shared images clicked by Wildlife photographer Mayuresh Hendre of the majestic Golden Tiger at the Kaziranga National Park. The images were clicked some time ago but after being shared on Twitter they are going viral.

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Same was captured in a camera trap of FD few years back and shared in public by authorities. She is a female. My tweet from last year about it. https://t.co/wuZW54s1ZP pic.twitter.com/ML4WUpRkO8

¡ª Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) July 11, 2020

The Golden Tiger or Golden Tabby Tiger is a rare morph of a Royal Bengal Tiger. This occurrence is believed to be caused because of recessive genes in individuals, as a result of inbreeding with fragmented population, caused by habitat destruction and loss of connectivity.

A Wild Karnataka post mentions that Mayuresh has fondly named the female tiger ¡®Goldie¡¯ after six successful sightings.

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Mayuresh Hendre

According to the same post, this female Golden Tiger is the only recorded individual in the wild in the 21st Century. Golden tigers can be found in zoos and breeding centres across the world but no verified records in the wild exist.

The Golden Tiger in Kazinranga National Park is ¡®truly wild¡¯.