Each column below is a bloodline. Each row inside it is a generation. Every tiger card shows parents (where known), status (historic / current 2026 / documented / disputed) and a confidence badge for the parental link. Companion reference page: the detailed Tadoba Tiger Family Tree & Bloodlines.
Evidence legend
Four confidence levels, same scale used on our main bloodlines reference. A viral caption never promotes a line from Probable to Documented. Disputed parentage is shown as disputed.
The Wagdoh–Madhuri trail
The dynasty that reshaped Tadoba. Wagdoh (T-33) sired an estimated 35–40 cubs. Four daughters became the famous Telia sisters of 2011; a fifth daughter, Jurni, became the bridge to the next generation.
Wagdoh & Madhuri
6 generations · 11 named descendants · bridge to the Chota Matka and Mowgli lines
The Chhoti Tara & Matkasur trail
Chhoti Tara (T-7) is one of Tadoba's most important matriarchs. Her son Chota Matka built the buffer-male dynasty of 2020-26, and her later son Mama is the current 2026 male most tourists hope to see.
Chhoti Tara, Matkasur & the Chota Matka line
Produces the documented Chanda translocation record — the strongest modern Tadoba lineage proof.
Why the Chanda translocation matters
In November 2025 forest officials moved Chanda from the Khadsangi landscape of Tadoba to Sahyadri Tiger Reserve — more than 900 kilometres. Officials recorded Chota Matka as her father and Jurni as her mother, with Jurni identified as a daughter of Wagdoh. One of very few Tadoba parent-child chains with real paper trail behind it.
Chhoti Tara's later male: Mama
The current 2026 male of the Zari Peth / Keslaghat / Somnath landscape.
The Kuwani / Kolsa trail
Kuwani is remembered as the matriarch of the Kolsa landscape. Her son Yuvraj (T-164) is the male most consistently identified as Mama's father, linking the Kolsa and Moharli lines.
Kuwani, Shiva & Yuvraj
Historic Kolsa matriarchy carrying into current Moharli-area genetics.
The Maya & Tala trail
Maya (T-12) — the Queen of Tadoba. One of the most photographed tigresses in India. Her 2020 litter with Tala produced Y-Mark (Sanju), the current-generation male fathering the next wave with W-Mark.
Maya, Tala & Y-Mark
Clearest multi-generation current line still active in 2026.
The Bajrang buffer dynasty
Bajrang (T-49) displaced Wagdoh from parts of his range and his descendants dominate present-day buffer stories around Agarzari, Junona, Keslaghat and Zari.
Bajrang's buffer line
Includes the Shambhu paternity dispute. Includes Xylo, the biggest current male of the Mamla–Belara landscape.
The Mowgli & Junior Mowgli trail
The Zari Peth / Keslaghat / Somnath buffer line, in continuing use through 2026.
The Dadhiyal trail
The Khali & Sharmili trail
One of the clearest locally documented sibling pairs on the entire tree.
Males and tigresses without a settled lineage
We publish these only with their known associations — never inventing ancestors to connect them to a famous bloodline.
Janhvi and Kalwa have a proposed connection circulating in guide and social-media discussions. Public evidence is insufficient to publish them as a confirmed family link. If you hold dated stripe identifications, write to our field desk.
Master relationship table · all 35 tigers
Flat list of every tiger on this page, with sex, parents, offspring and status in one row each. Useful when the bloodline trails above have shown you one tiger and you want to know everything else connected to them.
Full master table · 35 tigers
| Tiger | Sex | Father | Mother | Key offspring / connection | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wagdoh / T-33 | M | — | — | Telia sisters; many other attributed cubs | Historic, died 2022 |
| Madhuri | F | — | — | Sonam, Lara, Geeta, Mona | Historic matriarch |
| Sonam | F | Wagdoh | Madhuri | Cubs attributed to Chota Dadhiyal | Telia line |
| Lara | F | Wagdoh | Madhuri | Later litters reported; mother of W-Mark | Telia line |
| Geeta | F | Wagdoh | Madhuri | Public later record incomplete | Telia line |
| Mona | F | Wagdoh | Madhuri | Public later record incomplete | Telia line |
| Jurni / Jharni / T-20 | F | Wagdoh | Not publicly settled | Junior Mowgli with Mowgli; Chanda with Chota Matka | Bridge line |
| Chhoti Tara / T-7 | F | Reportedly Tara line | Not settled | Chota Matka, Tarachand, Mama; Bijli | Major matriarch |
| Matkasur | M | — | — | Chota Matka, Tarachand with Chhoti Tara | Historic dominant male |
| Chota Matka | M | Matkasur | Chhoti Tara | Chanda / Tara STR T4 with Jurni | Major buffer male |
| Chanda / Tara / STR T4 | F | Chota Matka | Jurni | Translocated to Sahyadri Nov 2025 | Documented modern lineage |
| Kuwani | F | — | — | Yuvraj with Shiva; Paras with Gangaram reported | Kolsa matriarch |
| Yuvraj / T-164 | M | Shiva | Kuwani | Mama with Chhoti Tara (probable) | Kolsa-linked male |
| Mama | M | Probably Yuvraj | Chhoti Tara | Raised by Bijli | Current 2026 |
| Maya / T-12 | F | — | — | Y-Mark with Tala | Tadoba icon |
| Tala / T-101 | M | — | — | Y-Mark / Sanju with Maya | Historic / reported mate |
| Y-Mark / Sanju | M | Tala | Maya | Cubs with W-Mark | Current generation male |
| W-Mark / T-155 | F | Bajrang | Lara | Multiple cubs attributed to Y-Mark | Wagdoh–Bajrang convergence |
| Bajrang / T-49 | M | — | — | Xylo, Bela, Nano; Junior Bajrang | Historic dominant male |
| Chhoti Madhu | F | Reported Wagdoh line | Not settled | Xylo, Bela, Nano with Bajrang; cubs with Shambhu | Buffer matriarch |
| Xylo | M | Bajrang | Chhoti Madhu | Four cubs with Junabai reported | Current buffer male 2026 |
| Bela | F | Bajrang | Chhoti Madhu | Sibling of Xylo and Nano | Current / recent |
| Nano | ? | Bajrang | Chhoti Madhu | Sibling of Xylo and Bela | Status unknown |
| Kori / T-09 | F | — | — | Junior Bajrang; disputed Shambhu lineage | Historic / recent |
| Junior Bajrang / Pratap | M | Bajrang | Kori | Born ~2019 | Recent |
| Shambhu | M | Probably Wagdoh (disputed) | Probably Kori | Three cubs with Chhoti Madhu reported | Parentage disputed |
| Mowgli | M | — | — | Junior Mowgli with Jurni | Historic / current male |
| Junior Mowgli | M | Mowgli | Jurni | Cubs attributed with K-Mark | Current buffer male 2026 |
| Original Dadhiyal / T-85 | M | — | — | Chota Dadhiyal with Patlinbai | Historic male |
| Patlinbai | F | — | — | Mother of Chota Dadhiyal | Historic |
| Chota Dadhiyal / T-84 | M | Original Dadhiyal | Patlinbai | Cubs attributed with Sonam and Collarwali | Current / recent male |
| Khali / T-50 | M | — | — | C1 and SK with Sharmili | Historic lineage male |
| Sharmili / T-59 | F | Reported Wagdoh line | Not settled | C1 and SK with Khali | Buffer matriarch |
| C1 | M | Khali | Sharmili | Brother of SK | Kolsa–Pangdi landscape |
| SK (possibly C2) | M | Khali | Sharmili | Brother of C1 | Pangdi–Aswal Chuha |
| Raka | M | Unknown | Unknown | Cubs observed / attributed | Mamla–Moharli male |
| Shiva | M | — | — | Father of Yuvraj with Kuwani | Historic |
| Bijli | F | — | Chhoti Tara | Raised Mama alongside her own cub (Bhanja) | Recent · allomaternal carer |
| Tarachand | M | Matkasur | Chhoti Tara | Male sibling of Chota Matka | Deceased |
| Hirdinala | F | — | — | Ghagharzhari line reported | Historic Kolsa line |
| Ghagharzhari female | F | Unverified | Unverified | Reported descendant of Hirdinala | Research required |
| Janhvi | — | Unverified | Unverified | Proposed connection to Kalwa | Not asserted yet |
| Kalwa | — | Unverified | Unverified | Proposed connection to Janhvi | Not asserted yet |
Methodology & editorial safeguards
Every parental link on this page is labelled Documented / Strongly reported / Probable / Unverified. We never upgrade a link from a single social-media caption. Disputed parentage is shown as disputed. We never publish den sites, kill sites, newborn cub locations or same-day tiger positions, however many messages we get asking for them.
Primary references we consult: the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve official site and reports, the Times of India coverage of the Wagdoh death (May 2022) and the Chanda / STR T4 translocation (November 2025), and our own MySafariWorld field-desk evidence log maintained by partnered local naturalists.
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