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standard royal tigers:

raja, 16 year old male standard royal tiger

jannaki, 2 year old female standard royal bengal tiger

kanja, 6 year old female standard royal bengal tiger

manu, 8 year old male standard royal bengal tiger

matsu, 2 year old female standard bengal tiger

 tabby bengal tigers:

karupa, 2 year old female (one of only 30 tabby bengal tigers in the world)

bhara, 10 year old male (one of only 30 tabby bengal tigers in the world)

brahman, 6 year old male (one of only 30 tabby bengal tigers in the world)

muktan, 2 year old male (one of only 30 tabby bengal tigers in the world)

kahn, 2 year old male (one of only 30 tabby bengal tigers in the world)

 royal white bengal tigers:

sukino, 10 year old female royal white bengal tiger

loka, 2 year old female royal white tiger

ganga, 8 year old female royal white bengal tiger

samasta, 2 year old female royal white bengal tiger

 snow white bengal tigers:

narayana, 3 year old male snow white bengal tiger

ohjas, one year old male snow white bengal tiger

kaylash, 8 year old male snow white bengal tiger

sundari 2 year old female snow white bengal tiger

all photographs by barry bland

how amazingly beautiful are they?  these images are displayed for the first time in a specially constructed studio in south carolina & show the four varieties of bengal tigers.  "there are only four distinct types of bengal tiger in the world and they are all in this amazing photo shoot, " says dr. bhagavan antle of the institute of greatly endangered & rare species. "like human photographs, you can see the difference in their ages as some of them look a little more grizzled and haggard than others." i loverly them!  (thanks to y & a for sending me this story!)