They have longer legs than the domestic cat, giving them a more upright posture in the sitting position and a different walking form.
The Asian elephant is the largest land mammal on the Asian continent. They inhabit dry to wet forest and grassland habitats in 13 range countries spanning South and Southeast Asia.
The Asian House Shrew is believed to have originated in the forest of central India. This species dispersed to areas, including Africa, Middle East, Southeast Asia and Japan.
The Asiatic long-tailed climbing mouse (Vandeleuria oleracea ) is a species of rodent found in South and Southeast Asia. It is known as ගස් මීයා by Sinhalese people.
Civets climb trees both to escape from other predators and to hunt. The most serious threat that these creatures face today is habitat loss, much of it due to deforestation .
This adaptable and widespread insectivorous bat typically roosts in caves and rock crevices, sometimes in the company of other bat species.
Blackbucks are primarily grazers and frequent open short grassland, but they can survive in semidesert where there is sufficient vegetation, and they often frequent nearly barren salt pans.
The Black Rat is omnivorous, eating seeds, nuts, vegetables, fruits, insects and invertebrates. It will also eat other materials such as soap and paper.
Blyth's Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus lepidus) is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The brown rat is an incredibly adaptable mammal and can be found almost everywhere in the UK, in any habitat, all it needs is shelter and food. Brown rats are omnivorous.
Chital, also called Spotted Deer, or Axis Deer, Asiatic deer, belonging to the family Cervidae. It lives in grasslands and forests in India and Sri Lanka in herds of up to 100 or more.
The little Indian field mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
Cats are known for their independent and sometimes aloof behavior, but they can also be affectionate and social with their owners.
Cattle, domesticated bovine farm animals that are raised for their meat, milk, or hides or for draft purposes.
The dog is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct Pleistocene wolves,and the modern wolf is the dog's nearest living relative..
Goat, any ruminant and hollow-horned mammal belonging to the genus Capra. Related to the sheep, the goat is lighter of build, has horns that arch backward, a short tail, and straighter hair.
The domestic horse is a sizable ungulate mammal of the family Equidae and the genus Equus. Among the 10 living members of the Equus genus.
A sheep regurgitates its food and chews the cud, thus enabling its four separate stomach compartments to thoroughly digest the grasses and other herbage that it eats. .
Water buffalo, (Bubalus bubalis), also called arni, either of two forms, wild and domestic, of Asian mammal similar to the ox. There are 74 breeds, but only small numbers of water buffalo remain.
Dormer's bat or Dormer's pipistrelle (Scotozous dormeri) is a species of vesper bat. It is the only species in its genus. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Pakistan.
Woolly coat, caramel in color that often looks shaggy from seasonal shedding. Both sexes have a single hump on the back..
They were originally introduced in BC by settlers and were kept as pets or farmed for their meat and fur.They build underground habitats called warrens
A five-striped palm squirrel refuses to leave her dead baby. She carried it in her mouth near Deva village in Anand, Gujarat..
Four Horned Antelope is is half a meter tall and weigh around 20 kilograms. The coat is dark brown and inside of the legs is white in colour.
Gaur, (Bos gaurus), one of several species of wild cattle, family Bovidae. The gaur lives in small herds in the mountain forests of India, Southeast Asia, and the Malay Peninsula.
Wolves are carnivores—they prefer to eat large hoofed mammals such as deer, elk, bison, and moose. They also hunt smaller mammals such as beavers, rodents, and hares.
Horsfield's Fruit Bat is one of the largest of the genus Cynopterus. It occurs in a wide range of elevations, from lowland to montane, and in a broad range of habitats, including various forest .
House mouse rodent native to Eurasia but introduced worldwide through association with humans. Highly adaptive, the house mouse has both behavioral and physiological traits.
The Indian spotted chevrotain (Moschiola indica ) is a species of even-toed ungulate in the family Tragulidae. It is native to India and possibly Nepal. It lives in rainforests and is nocturnal.
The Indian porcupine is an ‘Old World’ porcupine and one of the world's largest porcupines. This rodent has rather long quills of up to 16 inches.
The Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius) is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the largest bats in the world.
They have a reddish-buff summer coat . In winter their coat becomes lighter, almost white. The reddish color of their coat helps them to hide better in the grassland from predators.
The Indian giant squirrel is one of the most cute and lovable squirrels around the globe. It exhibits 2-3 types of color patterns with shades of black, brown, and deep red.
The grey mongoose inhabits open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation. It lives in burrows, hedgerows and thickets, among groves of trees.
Pangolins, also known as scaly anteaters, are the only known mammals with large keratin scales covering their skin. They are also toothless ! When threatened, they curl up into a tight ball.
The Madras treeshrew also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus Anathana found in the hill forests of central an southern India.
The Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is one of the largest species of Asian antelope native to the Indian subcontinent. The name ‘nilgai’ translates to ‘blue cow’.
The northern plains gray langur (Semnopithecus entellus ), also known as the sacred langur, Bengal sacred langur and Hanuman langur, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
The Indian muntjac is fascinating to scientists because of its abnormally low chromosome number. Females have six and males have seven, the least among mammals..
One of the most noticeable characteristics of the red fox is the fluffy white-tipped tail. Red foxes are about three feet long and two feet tall.
The rhesus monkey is the best-known species of macaque and measures about 47–64 cm long, excluding the furry 20–30-cm tail. Females about 8.5 kg (19 pounds) and males 11 kg..
The sloth bear is a bit messy in appearance. It has long, rough, unruly hair around its ears, shoulders, and neck. The pale muzzle and a flexible nose sniff out interesting smells.
The small Indian civet has a rather coarse fur that is brownish grey to pale yellowish brown, with usually several longitudinal black or brown bands on the back.
Smooth-coated otter is characterized by a very smooth, sleek pelage. Their eyes and ears are small, the tail is flattened, and the fore and hind paws are large and well-webbed.
Intelligent, curious, and opportunistic in matters of diet, hyenas frequently come into contact with humans. The spotted, hyena is the largest species and will burglarize food stores.
Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange with dark stripes, the tiger is the largest wild cat in the world. The big cat's tail is three feet long.
Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant,.
Wild water buffalo are larger and heavier than domestic buffalo, and weigh from 700 to 1200 kg. Their head-to-body-length is 240 to 300 cm with a tail 60 to 100 cm long.