Standing with a Tiger at my feet
In the past, Indian censuses of wild tigers relied on the individual identification of footprints known as pug marks — a method that has been criticized as deficient and inaccurate. Good tiger habitats in subtropical and temperate upland forests include the Tiger Conservation Units (TCUs) Manas - Namdapha . TCUs in tropical dry forest include Hazaribagh National Park , Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve , Kanha - Indravati corridor, Orissa dry forests, Panna National Park , Melghat Tiger Reserve and Ratapani Tiger Reserve . The TCUs in tropical moist deciduous forest are probably some of the most productive habitats for tigers and their prey, and include Kaziranga - Meghalaya , Kanha - Pench , Simlipal and Indravati Tiger Reserves . The TCUs in tropical moist evergreen forests represent the less common tiger habitats, being largely limited to the upland areas and wetter parts of the Western Ghats , and include the Tiger Reserves of Periyar , Kalakad-Mundathurai , Bandipur and