|
Family
|
Species
|
English name
|
Local Name
|
Habits and Habitat
|
|
Felidae (Cat) |
Panthera tigris Binnaeus |
Tiger |
Bagh (Sher Misnomer) |
Prey, mostly on dears,
pig etc. Noctornal in habit. |
|
Felidae (Cat) |
Panthera Pardus Linnaeus |
Panther or Leopard |
Baghera or Guldar |
Prey on cattel deer,
monkey, pigLangoor dog, porcupine &some time evenon
birds or reptiles. |
|
Felidae (Cat) |
Felis bengalensis Kerr |
Leopard cat |
Ban Bilao Chita billi |
Nocturnal in habit &
prey on small animals, birds, lizards in forests &
are destructive of poultry in the neighbourhood of
villages. |
|
Felidae (Cat) |
Felis chaus Guldenstaedt |
Jungle cat |
Jungli billi |
Prey on birds &
destructive of eggs of birds |
|
Viverridae |
Viverrnicula indica
Desmarest |
The Small Indain Civet |
Malpusa |
Prefers areas along
grass or scrub to live in, nogturnal in habit &
preys on rats squirrel small birds lizards etc |
|
Herpestidae |
Herpestes edwardsi
Geoffroy |
Indian Grey Mongoose |
Neola |
Destructive to the eggs
and chicks of the red jungle fowl the peafowl, the
partridges and other ground nesting birds. |
|
Hyena |
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus |
Striped hyena |
Lakarbaga |
Nocturnal in habit and
scavanger by profession. Usually feed on carcass &
occasio nally preys on sheep & goats calves and
stray dogs. |
|
Canidae (dog family) |
Vulpes bengalensis Shaw |
Indian Fox |
Lomari |
Feeds on small mammals
reptiles and insects including terminates and white
ants. |
|
Canidae (dog family) |
Canis aureus Linnaeus
Asiatic |
Jackal |
Gidar |
Can live in any
environment humid dry. Usually come out at dusk and
retire at dawn does considerable damage to wild life
by killing birds and destroying eggs. |
|
Canidae(dog family) |
Cuon alpinus Palls |
Wild dog |
Ban Kutta |
Very destructive animal
hunting in packs, all forest animals including the
tiger, are scared of these ferocious & blood thirsty
animals. |
|
Ursidae |
Melursus urnisus Shaw |
Sloth bear |
Bhalloo |
Food consists of honey
wild figs, jamun, bel etc., Termites are it’ |
|
Mustelidae |
Lutra persficillata
Geoffroy |
Smooth Coated Indian
Otter |
Udbilao |
Very destructive to
fish. |
|
Hystricidae |
Hystrix Indica Kerr |
Indian Porcupine |
Sehi |
It causes some minor
damage to plantation specially to young semal and
sissoo plants whose succulent roots are it’s
favourite . |
|
Ochotonidae |
Lupus migrisollis |
Indian Hare |
Khargosh |
Eat leaves, grasses &
wild fruits. |
|
Suidae |
Sus Scrofa Linnaeus |
Indian Wild Boar |
Suar |
Cause damage to young
plantation as well as young natural seedlings by
digging out the roots of young plants. However,
damage is not much. |
|
Elephantidae |
Elephas maximus
Linnaeus |
Indian Elephant |
Hathi |
Prefers moving in area
covered with tall forests where the ground is hilly
or undulating. The elephants are doing damage to
forests as well as plantations but they are not yet
a manace. |
|
Rupicaprinae |
Naemorhedus goral
harwicke |
Goral |
Ghural |
Ghural is stocky goat
like animal & keeps in the cliffs of the big river
gorses and rocky precepitious grounds |
|
Antelopinae |
Boselaphus tragocamelus
Plallas |
Blue bull |
Nilgai |
Nilgai is some what
horse like in build. It avoids dense forests and
usually keeps to open areas and grass land bordering
villages. |
|
Cervidae |
Axis Axis Erxleben |
Spotted dear |
Chital |
Move in large hards. |
|
Cervidae |
Muntiacus muntjak
zimmerman |
Barking deer |
Kakar |
The food consist of
various leaves grasses and wild fruits, move singly
or in pair. |
|
Cervidae |
Axis porcinus zimmerman |
Hog deer |
Para |
Prefers grassy blanks. |
|
Cervidae |
Cervus unicolor Karr |
Sambhar |
Sambhar |
High forests are
favourite haunts of smabhar. Its food consists of
grass leaves and various kind of wild fruits. The
sambhar brouse natural regeneration of sal. |
|
Cercopithcidae |
Macaca mulatca
Zimmermann |
Rhesus Monkey or Macaque |
Lal bander |
The animal is
quarrelsome and noisy in nature |
|
Cercopithcidae |
Prespytis entellus |
Langur |
Common Langur |
Generally inhabit the
moist miscelaneous forest forest where they feed on
the leaves and fruits of the tall trees occurring in
such forests. There is certain amount of symbiotic
relationship with chital. If both species are
present in a forest, chital herds would usually be
found to be moving with langurs. |
|
Mustalidae |
Martes flavigula
Boddeart |
Yellow throated Marten |
Chitrol |
Very destructive to
birds their eggs and young chicks. |
