Indian wild forest and national parks are home to many species of wild animals,birds and reptiles. India also boasts of a large number of reptiles that include venomous species of snakes and giant lizards. The Great Indian Elephant is the biggest and tallest herbivore wild animal in India , followed by Gaur, Nilgai and wild water buffalo. The Bengal tiger is the second largest species of wild cat after the Siberian tiger and also the national animal of India. Panthera tigris tigris listed as endangered mammal and there are 3, individuals tigers life in the wild forest of India.
Elephants are classified as megaherbivores and has been listed as endangered, threatened by habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation. The largest population of Asiatic Elephant are found in South India, inhabits grasslands, evergreen and semi-evergreen forests. Indian Rhinoceros are also called great Indian rhinoceros are native to the Indian subcontinent, primarily found in north-eastern states of India.
Indian Lions are one of the five big cats found in India and one of the largest of Indian cat, lives as a single population in Gujarat. The habitat area of Asiatic lion is very small, they survives today only in the Gir National park of Gujarat and only about lions are left in the wild forest of Junagarh. Indian Leopards are known for their ability of climbing the tress and are powerful swimmers.
The Leopards share habitat with other predators but they are also threatened by loss of habitat and fragmentation. Indian sloth bears are one of the 4 species of wild bears found in India and distinguished from Asian black bears by their lankier builds. Sloth bears species are native to the Indian subcontinent and listed as vulnerable. The wild water buffalo is the ancestor of the domestic water buffalo and the second largest wild bovid found in Assam.
Wild water buffalo are endangered and live only in a small number of protected areas stretching across Nepal and Bhutan. The Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is home to large number of Indian wild ass and the population was estimated at 4, individuals. The Indian Bison commonly known as Gaur is the largest extant bovine and one of the most strong species of bovine, native to the Indian-Subcontinent.
The Gaur is the tallest of wild cattle species and has been listed as vulnerable. Nilgai or blue bull is the biggest Asian antelope and one of the most commonly seen species of wild animals in India.
Nilgai is a diurnal creature found inhabiting Indian grasslands their range covers national park plains and low hills with shrubs of India. Here is the list of wildlife and wild animals of India, you should know and some of these beautiful creatures are unfortunately part of endangered animals in India.
Blackbuck is the most beautiful Indian antelope and sole extant member of the genus Antilope. The blackbuck is a diurnal antelope inhabits grassy plains and slightly forested areas. Red Panda has been classified as endangered and native to the eastern Himalayas.
The red panda feeds mainly on bamboo and protected by national laws in their of countries. King Cobra is the longest of all the living venomous snake in the world and feeds exclusively on other snakes including venomous snake species and own cobra species.
The king cobra is distributed across the Indian subcontinent, mostly found in Karnataka and Kerala. Indian Rock Python is a large nonvenomous species of python found in Indian Subcontinent. Pythons are strict carnivores and feed on other small mammals, birds and reptiles, Burmese python and Reticulated python are other species of Python found in India.
Mugger crocodile is the most common species of Crocodile found in India , mostly inhabits rivers,freshwater lakes and swamps. The mugger is the largest and most skilled predator of Indian river systems,Gharial and the saltwater crocodile are two other species of crocodilians found in India.
Gharial is the longest of all living crocodilians found in the Indian Subcontinent. Indian Monitor is one of the largest species of monitor lizard , found widely distributed over the Indian Subcontinent. This large lizard are hunt on the ground and may be more arboreal, Asian water monitor lizard is another species found in India.
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