Good news from Ranthambore: On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, once again the good news of the birth of little cubs has come from Ranthambore National Park. Tigress T-105 aka Noori has given birth to three cubs in Ranthambore National Park. Tigress T 105 was spotted with 3 cubs in Ranthambore.

Tigress T105 Noori has been captured in the photo trap camera of the Forest Department along with three cubs in Tapkan's drain near Sultanpur area of Ranthambore. Tapkan area comes under zone number one of Ranthambore. As a precaution, now the tigress is being continuously monitored by the Forest Department.

Cubs are 4 months old

According to the information received from the Forest Department, tigress T-105 has been caught on camera with three cubs in the Nala forest area of Tapkan. The age of tigress T-105 is about five years.

Tigress T-105 aka Noori has given birth to cubs for the first time. The age of the cubs is about 4 months. In the midst of a pleasant rainy season, the tigress has taken out its cubs for the first time. 

Tigress T-105 Noori is daughter of Tigress T39 Noor

Forest officials said that tigress T-105 is the daughter of tigress T-39 i.e. Noor. Tigress T-105's sister Tigress T-106 had already been shifted from Ranthambore to Mukundra, where she died. The territory of tigress T-105 is in zone 1 and 2 of Ranthambore National Park.

Also Read: Tigress T 106 shifted to Mukundra from Ranthambore National Park

Tigress Noori alias T 105 is a young and courageous tigress from Ranthambore National Park. Tigress T 105 is born around July or August 2016. Often this tigress is seen at zone number two of Ranthambore and marks its territory in Futa-Banda, Magar-deh and Pandu-deh areas of this region.

Its mother tigress T39 aka Noor is the dominent tigress of zone number one of Ranthambore National Park. Tigress T39 marks the territory in Ranthambore's Singhdwar-Sultanpur-Kala-Peela-Pani, Khemcha-Kund, Futa-Bhanda Kishni Deh etc. areas.

Tigress T 39 shared her territory with the male tiger T57. Tigress T-39 gave birth to three cubs in her fourth litter around July or August 2016 and all three cubs were female. The cubs of the fourth litter of T-39 were first sighted on 8 November 2016 in Zone 1.

Tigress Noori alias T-105 is one of the three female cubs of the fourth litter of tigress T-39. The other two female cubs were known as T106 and T107.

After adulthood, tigress T 105 separated from its mother and made her own territory in Zone 2 of Ranthambore. Tigress T-106 was shifted from Ranthambore to Mukundra Hills Tiger Reserve on 18 December 2018 and this tigress was known as MT2 in Mukundra but later died in the month of August.

The third female cub was known as Tigress T-107 alias Sultana and made her territory at zone number one of Ranthambore. Recently tigress T107 aka Sultana has also given birth to cubs.

Also Read: Two cubs spotted with tigress T-107 Sultana in Ranthambore National Park

The number of tigers in Ranthambore increased to 74, in which 24 cubs

After giving birth to three cubs of T-105, now the tiger population in Ranthambore I has increased to 74. These include 20 tigers, 30 tigresses and 24 cubs. While in the second division of Ranthambore, the Kailadevi Sanctuary of Karauli, about 10 tiger tigresses are also roaming. In such a situation, the total number of tigers in Ranthambore has gone up to 84.