India, Feb. 7 -- A three-year-old male tiger from Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan's Sawai Madhopur, who was missing for nearly four months, was found in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park (KNP) on Saturday, said officials.

Deputy forest conservator of Ranthambore Tiger Project, Manas Singh said, "This tiger was identified as T-2512 who is the son of T-107 (Sultana). It was missing for the last four months. We assumed that it might have headed towards KNP but could not find any proper trace earlier."

However, on Saturday, some tourists out on a safari in KNP spotted a tiger on their way which was later identified as T-2512.

"He was found near the Tiktoli gate area of KNP which is almost 90 kilometres away from its habitat in RTR...