India, June 12 -- A tigress, RBT-135, has been captured on camera with two cubs in the Nainiyaki range of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve-II (RTR-II), forest officials said on Thursday.

The approximately four-and-a-half-year-old tigress, whose movements have been recorded in the area since June-July 2022, was photographed with two cubs from her second litter on May 29, deputy conservator of forests and deputy field director, Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (Zone II), Karauli, Piyush Kumar Sharma said.

He said that tigress RBT-135 had given birth to two cubs in September 2023. The forest officials suspect male tiger RBT-80 to be the father of these cubs.

The Nainiyaki range in Rajasthan's Karauli district is considered a vital habitat for wildlif...