Lives in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, and is the most common subspecies.

In 2011, the
total adult population was estimated at 1,5201,909 in India, 440 in Bangladesh, 155 in Nepal and
75 in Bhutan.[21] In 2014, the population in India was estimated at 2,226, [22] 163253 in Nepal and 103
in Bhutan as of 2015.[23] It lives in alluvial grasslands, subtropical and tropical rainforests, scrub
forests, wet and dry deciduous forests, and mangroves. It is the second-largest of the surviving
subspecies. Males attain a total nose-to-tail length of 270 to 310 cm (110 to 120 in) and weigh
between 180 to 258 kg (397 to 569 lb), while females range from 240 to 265 cm (94 to 104 in) and
100 to 160 kg (220 to 350 lb).[24][25] In northern India and Nepal, the average is larger; males can
weigh up to 235 kilograms (518 lb), while females average 140 kilograms (310 lb).[26] Coat colour
varies from light yellow to reddish yellow with black stripes.[27]

South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal; extinct in Pakistan and China