12 Animals From India

Teach India Project

Can you name 12 animals from India?

Indian Elephant or the Asian Elephant Habitat: Tropical forest habitats from moist, evergreen lowland forest to dry semi-deciduous teak forests to cooler mountain forests up to 10,000 feet. They also frequent adjacent grasslands and farm areas. National Parks: Bennarghatta National Park, Karnataka, Kaziranga National Park, Assam, Periyar National Park, Kerala Status in the Wild: Endangered
	Asiatic Lion Habitat: Grasslands and plains National Parks: Gir National Forest, Gujarat Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: National Geographic Creature Feature http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/creature_feature/0109/lions2.html
Lion Tailed Macaque Habitat: Lion-tailed macaques live in southwest India in pockets of evergreen forests, called sholas, in the Western Ghats range. They live at elevations between 2,000 and 3,500 feet. Lion-tailed macaques are unique to India. In the early 1970s, they still ranged through the southern third of the country. Today, they only live in mountain forests scattered across three Indian states: Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu. National Parks: Kalakkadu Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu, Mundanthuri Wildlife Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: Fresno Chaffee Zoo http://www.fresnochaffeezoo.com/animals/macaque.html
	Great Indian Rhinoceros Habitat: Found only in the tall grasslands and forests in the foothills of the Himalayas. National Parks: Kaziranga National Park, Assam; Manas National Park, Assam Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: Canadian Museum of Nature http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/indrhino.htm
Leopard Habitat: The leopard lives in all types of habitats from open country to thick forest. National Parks: Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan; Sariska National Park, Rajasthan Status in the Wild: Least concern More Facts At: Indian Wildlife.Org http://www.indianwildlife.org/Leopard-Panther.html
	Neelgai Habitat: They live on a variety of land types from hillsides to level ground with scattered grass steppes, trees, and cultivated areas, but not in thick forests. National Parks: Sultanpur National Park, Haryana Status in the Wild: Secure More Facts At: Haryana Online http://www.haryana-online.com/Fauna/neelgai.htm
Bengal Tiger Habitat: Habitats include dense thickets, long grass, or tamarisk shrubs along river banks. National Parks: Kanha National Park, MP; Bandavgarh National Park, MP Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_tiger
	Wild Ass Habitat: Flat grassland covered expanse known as bets (islands where coarse grasses springs up during the monsoon). National Parks: Little Rann Of Kutch, Gujarat Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: Indian Wildlife http://www.indian-wildlife.com/wildasssanctuary.htm
Pangolin or Scaly Ant Eater Habitat: Variety of habitats - forests, hills, cultivated land, rocky crevices. Found in much of Eastern and Northern India and in Tamil Nadu and Kerala also. National Parks: Found in many National Parks Status in the Wild: Indeterminate but numbers are greatly reduced by hunting. A report about hunting: http://www.traffic.org/dispatches/archives/june2000/pangolin.html And a news story: http://www.hindu.com/2006/10/07/stories/2006100717190500.htm More Facts At: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangolin
	Chinkara Habitat: Grasslands and dessert National Parks: Kutch Dessert Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, Gir National Forest, Gujarat Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Gazelle
Nilgiri Tahr Habitat: Hills of southern India at elevations of about 1,800m (6,00 ft.) National Parks: Eravikulam National Park, Kerala Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: Tahr Foundation http://www.tahrfoundation.org	Image from: http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Hemitragus_hylocrius/
	Indian Wild Boar Habitat: Thick vegetation - all kinds of forests. National Parks: Ranthambor National Park, Rajasthan, Pench National Park, Maharashtra/Madhya Pradesh , Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, Panna National Park, Madhya Pradesh among others Status in the Wild: Threatened More Facts At: San Diego Zoo http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-wild_swine.html Kamat's Potpourri - prehistoric rock painting of a wild boar attack from Bhimabetaka, which is 40 km south of Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/rockpain/6016.htm
Ganges River Dolphin Habitat: The Ganges River Dolphin occurs in fresh water, with a preference for deep waters. National Parks: Sunderbans National Park, West Bengal, Vikramashila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary, Bihar Status in the Wild: Endangered More Facts At: http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/platgang.htm	An article about the Ganges River Dolphin from the World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/teraiarc/wl_dolphins.html with this accompanying photograph of a rescued Ganges River Dolphin.