The Tiger Family Tree of Ranthambore
Every ruling queen of the lakes for the last three decades has come from a single bloodline. Explore it below as an interactive flow chart — collapse a branch, filter by status or dynasty, and open any tiger’s full story. Verified against forest-department records, updated July 2026.
Tigers documented
Generations of lake queens
Tigers in the park today
Crocodile hunters — all one family
Bloodline 01
The Machhli Lake Dynasty
Five generations of queens have ruled the lakes of Ranthambore — from Machhli, the most photographed tigress on Earth, to Riddhi and her June 2026 newborn. Only three tigers have ever been recorded killing a crocodile in the park; all three are in this line.
- ChandaT-63Untraced· Tigress
b. 2011
First litter, 2011
- T-64Untraced· Tigress
b. 2011
First litter, 2011
- First cubUntraced
Nov 2022
First litter, Nov 2022
- T-2504Alive· Tigress
b. Jun 2023
Second litter, Jun 2023 · father Ganesh (T-120)
- T-2506 “Labh”Alive
b. Jun 2023
Second litter, Jun 2023 · father Ganesh (T-120)
- New cubAlive
b. 2026
Third litter, seen Jun 2026 · Naal Ghati
- Three cubsAlive
b. early 2026
First litter, seen May 2026 · Antpura, Zone 5
- RBT-2508Relocated· Male
b. 2023
2023 litter
- RBT-2509Relocated· Tigress
b. 2023
2023 litter
- DevT-86Deceased· Male· Unverified
- T-106Deceased· Unverified
- T-110Relocated· Unverified
Bloodline 02
The Noor–Ustad Line
Noor ruled Zone 1 and the Sultanpur ranges for over a decade, raising litter after litter with the infamous Ustad — the male removed from the park in 2015. Her daughter Sultana holds Zone 1 today.
- NooriT-105Alive· Tigress
b. 2016
2016 litter · father Singhasth (T-57)
- T-106Relocated· Tigress
b. 2016
2016 litter · father Singhasth (T-57)
- First litterUntraced
2019
Two cubs
- Second litterDeceased
2020
Cubs did not survive
- Third litterAlive
2022
Three cubs · Zone 1
- Fourth litterAlive
Apr 2025
2–3 cubs · Hammir Kund
- JaiT-108Alive· Male· Unverified
b. ~2016
Later litter
Bloodline 03
The Kachida Valley Line
When the tigress T-5 died of an intestinal illness in February 2011 leaving two tiny cubs, their father Dollar (T-25) did something never before recorded in the wild — he raised them himself. In 2013 both sisters were moved to Sariska, where their descendants rebuilt an entire reserve.
- T-61Untraced· Tigress
b. 2011
2011 litter
- T-62Untraced· Male
b. 2011
2011 litter
- Bina-1 → ST-9Relocated· Tigress
b. 2010
Final litter, 2010 · father Dollar (T-25)
- Bina-2 → ST-10Relocated· Tigress
b. 2010
Final litter, 2010 · father Dollar (T-25)
Bloodline 04
Other Notable Bloodlines
Beyond the great dynasties, a handful of tigers wrote their own chapters — rulers of Khandar and the eastern valleys whose lines are thinner in the record books but no less part of the park’s story.
- Gilai Sagar FemaleT-27Deceased· Tigress
- Read story →Husn AraT-30Deceased· Tigress
- HamirT-33Deceased· Male
First litter
- FatehT-42Untraced· Male
Second litter
- SurzanT-43Untraced· Male
Second litter
- T-44Untraced
Second litter
- Read story →Laila “Junglee”T-41Untraced· Tigress
- First litterUntraced
2011
One female · father Romeo (T-6)
- T-101 & T-102Alive· Unverified
Later litter
- GandriT-99Alive· Tigress· Unverified
- AvesT-104Deceased· Male· Unverified
2016 – 2023
Ranthambore Tiger Population Over Time
How many tigers are in Ranthambore National Park? Since the park was declared in 1980, the count climbed to a late-1990s peak, collapsed to just 26 during the mid-2000s poaching crisis, and has since recovered to roughly 81 today. Each point below comes from the All-India Tiger Estimation census and forest-department reports. Read the full population breakdown — why quoted counts differ, and what the numbers mean for sightings.
| Year | Estimated tigers | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 25 | Declared a national park |
| 1997 | 40 | — |
| 2005 | 26 | Poaching crisis — lowest ebb |
| 2010 | 40 | — |
| 2014 | 62 | — |
| 2018 | 69 | — |
| 2022 | 74 | — |
| 2025 | 81 | In the park today |
Latest from the Park
- June 2026
Riddhi (T-124) becomes a mother for the third time — spotted with a newborn cub in the Naal Ghati forest.
- May 2026
Siddhi (T-125) confirmed with three cubs in the Antpura area of Zone 5, taking Ranthambore’s tiger count to 81.
- April 2026
Young male 2402 (4) dies in a territorial conflict in the Faloudi range.
- December 2025
T-2307, daughter of Shakti (T-111), sighted with three new cubs.
- June 2025
Arrowhead (T-84) dies of a tumour at the height of the Kankati crisis; her three 2023-litter cubs are relocated to Mukundra, Dholpur and Ramgarh Vishdhari reserves.
- April 2025
Sultana (T-107) seen with her fourth litter near Hammir Kund in Zone 1.
Lineages here follow forest-department reports and long-term guide records. Where popular family-tree charts disagree with the official record — Packman’s mother, Krishna’s and Star Male’s death dates, the fate of Dollar’s orphaned daughters, Aurangzeb’s supposed cubs — we follow the record and mark the claim. Something changed in the park? Our journal carries the running story.