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Indian Animal Sightings

See also: 2026 - India India Bird Sightings

MAMMALS

Bovids

  • Nilgai / Blue bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus) — Wikipedia
  • Indian gazelle / Chinkara (Gazella bennettii) — Wikipedia

Deer

  • Chital / Spotted deer (Axis axis) — Wikipedia
  • Sambar deer (Rusa unicolor) — Wikipedia
  • Hog deer (Axis porcinus) — Wikipedia
  • Indian muntjac / Barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak) — Wikipedia

Primates

  • Gray langur (Semnopithecus) — Wikipedia
  • Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) — Wikipedia

Carnivores

  • Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) — Wikipedia
  • Indian leopard (Panthera pardus fusca) — Wikipedia
  • Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) — Wikipedia
  • Indian golden jackal (Canis aureus indicus) — Wikipedia

Mongooses

  • Indian gray mongoose (Urva edwardsii) — Wikipedia
  • Small Indian mongoose (Urva auropunctata) — Wikipedia
  • Ruddy mongoose (Urva smithii) — Wikipedia

Other mammals

  • Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) — Wikipedia
  • Water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) — Wikipedia
  • Wild boar (Sus scrofa) — Wikipedia
  • Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis) — Wikipedia
  • Indian flying fox / Fruit bat (Pteropus medius) — Wikipedia
  • Five-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii) — Wikipedia

REPTILES

  • Gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) — Wikipedia
  • Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) — Wikipedia
  • Indian softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica) — Wikipedia
  • Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) — Wikipedia
  • Checkered keelback (Fowlea piscator) — Wikipedia
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