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
Habitat: Grasslands and plains
National Parks: Found only at the Gir National Forest, Gujarat
Status in the Wild: Endangered
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: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion-tailed_Macaque
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 Naturehttp://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: Near Threatened
More Facts At: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Leopard
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
Royal 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: Tiger Facts
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 Anteater
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: Near Threatened
More Facts At: http://www.ecoindia.com/animals/mammals/indian-pangolin.html
Chinkara
Habitat: Grasslands and dessert
National Parks: Kutch Dessert Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, Gir National Forest, Gujarat
Status in the Wild: Least concern
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: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/9917/0
Indian Flying Fox
Habitat: This species roosts in large colonies of hundreds to thousands of individuals on large trees in rural and urban areas, close to agricultural fields, ponds and by the side of roads It feeds on a wide variety of fruits and flowers, both wild and cultivated. A single young is born between April to early June. It travels long distances, up to 150 km to and from its roost, a night in search of fleshy berries.
National Parks: Point Calimere Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu, Palamau Tiger Reserve and Hazaribagh Wildlife Sanctuary in Jharkhand, Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh, Molem National Park in Goa, Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, Chilka (Nalaban) Wildlife Sanctuary in Orissa and Indravati National Park in Chattisgarh.
Status in the Wild: Least concern
More Facts At: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Specieshttp://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/18725/0
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