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Wildlife and Avian ecology in India
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Wildlife in India
Apes,
Monkeys & Lemurs
|
Animals |
Habitat |
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Hoolock Gibbon |
Garo and Khasi
hills Assam and Manipur |
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Bonnet Macaque |
The Indian
Peninsula from
Bombay on the west to Godavari on the East |
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Rhesus Macaque |
Himalayan region
and Northern
India |
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Pig tailed
Macaque |
Naga Hills |
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Lion-tailed macaque |
The western ghats
from Kanara to Kerala |
|
Common langur |
Whole of India |
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Slow Loris |
Assam |
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Slender Loris |
South India |
|
Capped
Langur |
Assam |
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Stumped
tailed Macaque |
Assam |
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Nilgiri
Langur |
Western ghats,
Anaimalai , Brahmgiri, Tirunelveli, Bhramgiri, Palani hills |
Bears, Hyenas & Sheep
|
Animals |
Habitat |
|
Bears |
|
Sloth bear |
From the
Himalayas to extreme south |
|
Himalayan
black bear |
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Himalayas and Assam |
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Brown Bear |
Higher levels of
North western and central Himalayas |
|
India wild Boar |
Nearly Whole of
India in the Himalayas upto 10,000ft |
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Pig hog |
Himalayan Terai
forests, Assam |
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Hyena |
|
Stripped hyena |
Whole of India |
|
Sheep |
|
Shapu or Urial |
Himachal Pradesh,
Kashmir (Ladakh) |
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Nayan |
Kashmir and parts
of Himachal Pradesh |
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Bharal or blue
sheep |
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh. Kashmir, Sikkim |
The Cats
|
Animals
Habitat |
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Tiger
|
Throughout
India from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari except desert of Rajasthan,
Punjab and Kutch |
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Lion |
Gir
forests in Kathiawar (Gujarat) |
|
Leopard or
Panther |
The whole
of India from Kashmir in north to Kanyakumari in the south, absent in
parts of Punjab |
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Snow-Leopard |
Along the
Himalayan range from Kashmir to Sikkim |
|
Clouded
Leopard |
Sikkim,
North Bengal and Assam |
|
Leopard
Cat |
Punjab ,
Peninsular India and Assam |
|
Desert Cat |
The desert
of north west India-extending up to drier of central India |
|
Jungle Cat |
All over
the country |
|
Caracal
|
North and
north-west hills of Kutch, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, central India,
Peninsular India, Malabar coast |
Civets, Mongoose & The Dog
Tribe
|
Animals |
Habitat |
|
Civets |
|
Large Indian
civet |
Punjab, Upper
Bengal, Assam and Orissa |
|
Small Indian
civet |
Punjab, Himalayan
foot hills southwards up to Kanyakumari |
|
Malabar civet |
Malabar coast |
|
Mongoose |
|
|
Small India
Mongoose |
Northern India
from Kashmir to Bengal, Orissa, and Assam |
|
Brown mongoose |
Central and
southern India |
|
Stripe necked
mongoose. |
The western ghats
from north Kanara southwards |
|
The Dog Tribe |
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Wolf |
Kashmir, Punjab
extending up to the desert zone and dry plains of peninsular India |
|
Jackal |
Throughout India |
|
Red Fox |
Kashmir and
Himalayas extending up to desert zone of north west India |
|
Desert Fox |
Punjab dry
districts |
|
Wild dog |
Throughout forest
regions of India |
Crocodiles,
Tortoise & Lizards
|
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Crocodiles |
|
Gharial |
The Ganga,
Brahmaputra, Mahanadi and their tributaries |
|
Coast
Crocodile |
Coast of
Eastern India |
|
Common
Indian Crocodile |
Throughout
India |
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Ganges
soft smelt Tortoise |
Ganga and
its tributaries |
|
Indian
starred Tortoise |
Through
out India except lower Bengal |
|
Red-Streaked Kachua |
North of
the Indian Peninsular |
|
Logger
Sea Turtle |
Bay of
Bengal (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) |
|
Green
Sea Turtle |
Andaman
and Nicobar Islands |
|
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|
Common
House Gecko |
Throughout
India |
|
Common
Garden Lizard |
Throughout
India |
|
Desert
Monitor |
India
generally |
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Deers
|
Animals |
Habitat
|
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Kashmir Stag |
North valley of
Kashmir and some adjacent valleys |
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Brow-antlered
deer
or the Thamin (Dancing deer) |
Manipur. |
|
Sambar |
Wooded hill
districts upto 10,000 ft in the Himalayas and southern India. |
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Swamp deer |
The animal with
splayed hoofs and larger skull is found in Uttar Pradesh, Assam and
Sunderbans and the other one with smelter and well knit hoof is found in
hard open ground of Madhya Pradesh. |
|
Hog deer |
The sub Himalayan
Terai country from parts of Punjab extending to Assam. Not found in
Indian peninsula. |
|
Cheetal or
spotted deer |
Forests of the
base of Himalayas upto 4,000 feet throughout the peninsula wherever
there is forest with good grazing and plentiful water. Unknown in arid
zone of Punjab, large part of the Rajasthan in eastern Assam and beyond. |
|
Muntjac or
Barking deer |
Distributed
through out the country-living in thick forests preferably evergreen
type. |
|
Musk Deer |
Kashmir, Himachal
Pradesh, Punjab and Hills of Uttar Pradesh, above 8,000 ft upto 12,000
ft in summer. |
|
Indian spotted
chevrotain or
Mouse Deer |
Forested are of
South India at an elevation upto 6,00ft. The 24o latitude is
approximately the limit of its northerly range in the peninsular region |
Elephants, Buffaloes, Wild
Ass & Rhinoceros
|
Animals |
Habitat |
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Bison
|
Hill forests in
the East and south. Not found in Himalayas |
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wild buffalo |
Grass jungles of
Assam, West Bengal, parts of Orissa and Raipur and Bastar districts of
Madhya Pradesh |
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Yak |
Valleys of Ladakh,
Himachal Pradesh, East Kumaon |
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Indian
Elephant |
Assam-North
Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, South Bihar, Orissa, Karnataka, Western Ghat
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Indian wild
Ass |
The Rann of Kutch
and parts, desert zone of north west India |
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One Horned Rhinoceros
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Great one
Horned
Rhinoceros |
Assam, parts of
West Bengal |
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Goats, Goat Antelopes &
Antelopes
|
Animals |
Habitat
|
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Himalayan ibex |
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Kashmir, Kumaon |
|
Markhor |
Kashmir and
Himachal Pradesh |
|
Himalayan Thar |
Punjab, Himachal
Pradesh, Kashmir to Sikkim in the Himalayas |
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Nilgiri Thar |
From Nilgiri to
Anaimalai and along western hats from 1219 to 1525 metres |
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Serow |
The Himalayas
from Kashmir to Assam and naga hills |
|
Goral |
Eastern Himalayas
to Assam |
|
Grey Himalayan |
Western Himalayas
(Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Kashmir and Kumaon) |
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Takin |
Mishmi Hills,
Assam |
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Indian Antelope
or blackbuck |
Punjab, Kashmir,
Uttar Pradesh, and all over Indian Plains except Malabar coast |
|
Four Horned
Antelope |
Punjab,
Peninsular India, south of Himalayas where the country is not thickly
forested. Not found in Malabar coast |
|
Nilgai or Blue
Bull |
Punjab, Uttar
Pradesh, Rajasthan down to Karnataka. Not found in East India and West
coast |
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Indian gazelle
or Ravine Deer |
Plains and low
hills of north western and central India extending through the open
lands of the Deccan to a little south of Krishna river |
Snakes
|
Snakes |
Habitat |
|
Indian Python |
Indian peninsula
and Bengal |
|
Russels Viper |
Throughout India |
|
Saw Scaled
Viper |
North-South of
Karnataka and Konkan in the Peninsula |
|
Purple Pit
Viper |
From the
Himalayas to Andaman and Nicobar |
|
Common Cobra |
All over India |
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King Cobra |
Rarer than common
Cobra, found in forests |
|
Krait |
Common in India |
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Flower Snake |
Throughout India |
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Common Rat
Snake |
Throughout India |
The Weasel
Tribe, Insectivores, Pangolins & Rodents
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|
The Weasel Tribe |
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Common Otter |
Punjab, Kashmir,
Himalayas and Assam |
|
Yellow
Throated Marten |
The Himalayas and
Assam Hill ranges |
|
Nilgiri Marten |
Nilgiri, South
Coory and Kerala |
|
The Himalayan
Weasel |
The Himalayas |
|
Ratel or Honey
Badger |
The base of the
Himalayas to Kanyakumari |
|
Insectivores |
|
Indian
Hedgehog |
Plains of South
India |
|
Pangolins |
|
Pangolin or
Scaly Ant Eater |
Hills, South of
the Himalayas |
|
Rodents |
|
Brown flying
squirrel |
Forests of south
of Ganga and Peninsular India |
|
Red flying
squirrel |
Western Himalayas |
|
Indian giant
squirrel |
Peninsular India,
south of Ganga -deciduous, mixed deciduous and moist evergreen forests |
|
Indian
Porcupine |
From Himalayas to
Kanyakumari |
|
Common hare |
From the
Himalayas south to Godavari |
|
Desert Hare |
Punjab, Kutch and
Rajasthan |
Some Common Indian Birds
|
Name |
Distribution |
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Great Indian
Bustard |
Throughout India
except Bengal, Assam and area south of Karnataka. Now rare and
restricted to Rajasthan, Gujarat. |
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Chloropsis,
Jerdon's Coursor |
Gangetic plain
and Peninsular India |
|
Chikor |
Himalayas |
|
Common Coot |
Practically
throughout India upto 2440 m in outer Himalayas |
|
Common crane |
Plains of
northern India, south to Deccan and Orissa Winter visitors |
|
Demoiselle
Crane |
Northern India,
Assam and south to Mysore, winter Visitors |
|
Sarus Crane |
Northern India,
Central India, Assam and Gujarat |
|
Cuckoo, the
Koel |
Throughout India |
|
Andaman Cackoo
Dove |
Andaman and
Nicobar |
|
Indian Ring
Dove |
Throughout the
dry parts of India |
|
Comb Duck |
Throughout India |
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Cotten Teal |
Throughout India |
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Andaman Teal |
Andamans |
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Whistling Teal |
Throughout India |
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White Eyed
Poached |
Throughout India |
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Common Green
winged Teal |
All over India |
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Gargancy Teal |
All over India |
|
Pintail |
All over India |
|
Bengal Florican |
Bengal and Assam |
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Lesser Florican |
Northern India
excluding Assam, Kutch |
|
The Bar-headed
goose |
Northern India |
|
Mallard |
Breeds in
Kashmir, winter visitor to Northern India except Kashmir |
|
Grey Heron |
Throughout India |
|
Grey Jungle
Fowl |
Mount Abu to
Baroda, Throughout South India |
|
Red Jungle Fowl |
Northern India,
Assam and South to Godavari River |
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Common
Kingfisher |
Throughout India |
|
Hill Myna |
Himalayan foot
hills |
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Indian Parakeet |
Practically
throughout India |
|
Black Partridge |
Northern India,
East to Manipur and Assam |
|
Grey Partridge |
Dry regions
throughout India except Assam |
|
Painted
Partridge |
North Central
India, South India except Malabar Coast |
|
Hill Partridge |
The Himalayas
from Uttar Pradesh to Assam |
|
Snow Partridge |
The Himalayas
from 1000ft to 1700ft |
|
Common Peafowl |
Throughout India
except North east region |
|
Blue Rock
Pigeon |
Throughout India |
|
Common green
Pigeon |
Throughout India |
|
Nicobar Pigeon |
Andamans and
Nicobar |
|
Nilgiri Wood
Pigeon |
Nelgiris and
other South Indian Hills |
|
Kalij Pheasant |
Throughout
Himalayas and Assam |
|
Cheer Pheasant |
Himalayas from
Nepal westward Himalayas |
|
Koklas Pheasant |
Himalayas |
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Monel Pheasant |
Himalayas from
Kashmir to Bhutan |
|
Black Breasted
or Rain Quail |
Throughout India
upto 6000ft in the Himalayas |
|
Common or grey
Quail |
Practically
throughout India |
|
Jungle Bush
Quail |
Throughout India |
|
Yellow legged
Button Quail |
Throughout India |
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Rotter
|
Throughout India |
|
Imperial Sand
grouse |
Semi desert
region of Punjab, Rajasthan, Kutch and Saurashtra |
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Painted Sand
grouse |
Throughout
greater part of India |
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Common Indian
Sand grouse |
Dry areas
throughout India |
|
Wood Snipe |
Winter visitor to
hill ranges of Peninsular India, North to MP |
|
Common Pintail
Snipe |
Winter Visitor
practically throughout India |
|
Pintail Snipe |
Common in Eastern
and Southern |
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Swan |
Northern India |
|
Common weaver
Bird |
Throughout India |
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