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Animals in India
The standard Bengal tiger is an orange animal with the iconic black stripes over its body, though some strains are white -- though not albino -- while others are black. Males are larger than females and can grow to ten feet long and weigh close to 500 pounds, while females can grow to 8.6 feet long and can be over 300 pounds. Tigers, like most cats, are solitary and have their own territories. Bengal tigers are predators who will take whatever size prey they can handle, including grown elephants and rhinos. An old or sick tiger might even turn to humans, as an unarmed human is fairly easy to kill and eat.
The gharial is an endangered crocodile known for its very long, thin jaws that end in a ball in the males, which they use as a resonating chamber when they call. The Indian word for this ball is ghara, which means pot. Gharials grow between 10 and 16 feet long and sometimes weigh about 1,500 pounds. Its narrow teeth, up to 55 of them, interlock. Though the gharial is very agile when in water, on land it can only drag itself forward. It eats fish almost exclusively. Gharials mate in the late fall and winter and the female lays her eggs on land the following spring. Despite its size, the gharial doesn't eat human beings.
The Indian muntjac is a tiny, omnivorous deer that lives in the Indian rain forests. The males have little antlers and canine teeth that are modified into tusks. It stands about 1.3 to 2.1 feet at the shoulder, can be from three to four feet long and weighs about 31 to 77 pounds. The muntjac's also called the barking deer because of the alarm sound it makes when a predator is nearby. Like the tiger, the muntjac's a solitary animal and defends a home territory.
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Even-toed ungulates in India
Takin Chinkara Red goral Goral Alpine musk deer Markhor Black musk deer Gongshan muntjac Nilgiri tahr Blackbuck Himalayan tahr Pygmy hog Barasingha Brow-antlered deer Wild boar Chevrotain Chital Elk Sambar Indian muntjac Chousingha Goa Bharal Argali Banteng Gaur Wild yak Nilgai Chiru Asian buffaloCarnivores in India
Yellow-throated marten Malabar civet Marbled cat Yellow-bellied weasel Bengal fox Siberian weasel Corsac fox Cheetah Brown bear Asiatic jackal Sand fox Lesser panda Bearcat Arctic wolf Cross fox Clouded leopard Small-toothed palm civet Ermine Common otter Gem-faced civet Indian smooth-coated otter Asian palm civet Bengal mongoose Eurasian lynx Jungle cat Spotted linsang Large indian civet Malayan sun bear Small indian civet African caracal Asiatic golden cat Nilgiri marten Leopard cat Asiatic wild dog Indian grey mongoose Rusty-spotted cat Pallas's cat Fishing cat Javan mongoose Back-striped weasel Striped hyaena Ruddy mongoose Sloth bear Crab-eating mongoose Wild cat Stripe-necked mongoose African lion Hog badger Leopard Chinese ferret-badger Ounce Tiger Burmese ferret-badger Asiatic black bear Honey badger Brown palm civetDolphins, porpoises, and whales in India
Pygmy sperm whale Melon-headed whale Fraser's dolphin Pacific pilot whale Chinese white dolphin Black finless porpoise Grey dolphin Bridled dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Blind river dolphin Common minke whale Coalfish whale Blue whale Common rorqual Irrawaddy dolphin Killer whale Bunch Bottle-nosed dolphin False killer whale Pygmy killer whale Blainville's beaked whale Ginkgo-toothed beaked whaleBats in India
Papillose woolly bat Harlequin bat Whiskered myotis Greater asiatic yellow bat Mandelli's mouse-eared bat Lesser dawn bat Lesser asiatic yellow bat Himalayan whiskered bat Thick-eared bat Salim ali's fruit bat Sombre bat Western bent-winged bat Small bent-winged bat Blanford's fruit bat Kuhl's pipistrelle Hairy-winged bat Common pipistrelle Little tube-nosed bat Round-eared tube-nosed bat Greater horseshoe bat Peter's tube-nosed bat Tickell's bat Egyptian free-tailed bat Lesser horseshoe bat Kelaart's pipistrelle Hutton's tube-nosed bat Great roundleaf bat Intermediat horseshoe bat Indian pipistrelle Lesser noctule Scully's tube-nosed bat Dusky roundleaf bat Wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat Long-winged tomb bat Andaman horseshoe bat Noctule Greater long-tongued fruit bat Ashy roundleaf bat Black-bearded tomb bat Blyth's horseshoe bat Javan pipistrelle Mountain noctule Naked-rumped tomb bat Woolly horseshoe bat Mount popa pipistrelle Fulvus roundleaf bat Egyptian tomb bat Big-eared horseshoe bat Least pipistrelle Cantor's roundleaf bat Theobald's tomb bat Mitred horseshoe bat Gray big-eared bat Indian roundleaf bat Asian barbastelle Least horseshoe bat Greater false vampire bat Intermediat roundleaf bat Lesser false vampire bat Pomona roundleaf bat Lesser dog-faced fruit bat Little nepalese horseshoe bat Wroughton's free-tailed bat Ratanaworabhan's fruit bat Split roundleaf bat Greater short-nosed fruit bat Trefoil horseshoe bat Schneider's leaf-nosed bat Dobson's horseshoe bat Lesser mouse-tailed bat Whiskered bat Lesser bamboo bat Greater mouse-tailed bat Nicobar flying fox Hairy-faced bat Greater bamboo bat Indian flying-fox Lesser large-footed bat Leschenault's rousette Black-eared flying fox Horsfield's bat Great evening bat Naked-rumped pouched bat Kashmir cave bat Hardwicke's woolly bat Desert yellow bat Burmese whiskered batHares, pikas, and rabbits in India
Assam rabbit Black-lipped pika Ladak pika Large-eared pika Royle's pika Moupin pika Indian hare Woolly hare Forrest's pika Nubra pikaHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in India
Asian wild ass Kiang Javan rhinoceros Great indian rhinoceros Sumatran rhinocerosPangolins in India
Indian pangolin Chinese pangolinPrimates in India
Common langur Bear macaque Assam macaque Crab-eating macaque Rhesus macaque Bonnet macaque Lion-tailed macaque Slow loris Gee's golden langur Dusky leaf monkey Bonneted langurElephants in India
Asian elephantRodents in India
Sand-colored soft-furred rat Jungle palm squirrel Palm rat Pallas's squirrel Kerala rat Kondana soft-furred rat Indian hairy-footed gerbil Irrawaddy squirrel House rat Spotted giant flying squirrel Soft-furred rat Baluchistan gerbil Sikkim rat Hodgson's giant flying squirrel White-tailed mountain vole Chinese birch mouse Andaman rat Bhutan giant flying squirrel Edwards's long-tailed giant rat Indian bush rat Lesser bamboo rat Silver mountain vole Tanezumi rat Red giant flying squirrel Central kashmir vole Turkestan rat Indian giant flying squirrel Short-tailed bandicoot rat Woolly flying squirrel Manipur bush rat Royle's mountain vole Black giant squirrel Travancore flying squirrel Brahma white-bellied rat Stoliczka's mountain vole Indian giant squirrel Smoke-bellied rat Strachey's mountain vole Grizzled giant squirrel Chestnut white-bellied rat Lang bian white-bellied rat South china field mouse White-bellied rat Kashmir field mouse Tenasserim white-bellied rat Ward's field mouse Himalayan striped squirrel Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine Little indian field mouse Pencil-tailed tree mouse Fawn-colored mouse Cook's mouse Blanford's rat Servant mouse Long-tailed marmot Cutch rat Malabar spiny dormouse Gairdner's shrewmouse Himalayan marmot Elvira rat Lesser bandicoot rat Greater bandicoot rat Indian gerbil Phillips's mouse Tibetan dwarf hamster Flat-haired mouse Hairy-footed flying squirrel Rock-loving mouse Bower's white-toothed rat Earth-colored mouse Kenneth's white-toothed rat Millard's rat Manipur white-toothed rat Particolored flying squirrel Namdapha flying squirrel Indian desert jird True's vole Crump's mouse Malayan porcupine Orange-bellied himalayan squirrel Layard's palm squirrel Hoary bamboo rat Indian crested porcupine Perny's long-nosed squirrel Indian palm squirrel Eurasian harvest mouse Blyth's vole Asian red-cheeked squirrel Northern palm squirrel Nonsense rat Sikkim vole Dusky palm squirrel Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse Himalayan field ratTree shrews in India
Madras tree shrew Northern tree shrew Nicobar tree shrewDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in India
Dugong
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