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| Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve is a prime tiger habitat. It is home to Central Indian fauna with more than 22 species of mammals. Hanuman langur and rhesus macaque represent the primate group. Among the carnivore species tiger, leopard, wolf, jackal, fox, ratel, grey and ruddy mongoose, striped hyena, wild dog and jungle cat have been notiied. Ungulates include barking deer, four horned deer, spotted deer, sambhar, chinkara, nilgai and wild boar. Porcupine, flying squirrel, lesser bandicoot rat and three-striped palm squirrel belong to Family Rodentia. |
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| The nocturnal animals and birds are the night jars, owls Eurasian thicknee, small Indian civet and toddy cat and Rufus-tailed. The wild dog, Bengal fox, sloth bear, leopard and tiger found in Bandhavgarh are endangered animals. |
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| Mammals List Tiger Safari Bandhavgarh
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S.no. |
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English Name |
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Local name |
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Scientific Name |
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1 |
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Tiger |
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Sher / Bagh |
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Panthera Tigeris |
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2 |
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Leopard |
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Tendua/ Gulbagha |
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Panthera Pardus |
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3 |
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Jungle Cat |
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Jungli Billi |
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Felis chaus |
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4 |
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Wolf |
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Bhediya |
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Canis Lupus |
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5 |
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Indian Fox |
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Lomri/Siyar |
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Vulpes Bengalensis |
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6 |
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Wild Dog |
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Sone Kutta |
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Cuon Alpinus |
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7 |
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Hyaena |
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Lakker Bagha |
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Hyaena Hyaena |
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8 |
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Sloth Bear |
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Bhalu |
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Melursus Ursinus |
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9 |
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Common Languor |
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Bander |
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Presbyties |
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10 |
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Rhesus Macaque |
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Lal Moua Bander |
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Presbyties entellus |
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11 |
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Blue Bull |
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Nilgai |
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Boselaphus tragocamelus |
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12 |
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Four Horned Antelope |
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Chosingha |
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Tetraceros quadricornis |
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13 |
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Jackal |
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Gidar, siyar, sikat |
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Canis aureus |
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14 |
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Chinkara |
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Chigri |
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Gazella |
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15 |
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Samber |
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Samber |
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Cervus unicolor |
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16 |
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Spotted Dear |
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Chital |
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Cervus Axis |
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17 |
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Gaur |
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Jungli Bhaisa |
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Bos gaurus |
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18 |
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Barking Dear |
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Bhansa |
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Muntiacus Muntjac |
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19 |
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Indian wild Boar |
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Suar |
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Sus Scrofa |
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20 |
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Common Palm cat |
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Kasturi |
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Aradoxurus Hermaphroditus |
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21 |
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Small Civet cat |
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Kasturi |
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Viverricula indica |
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22 |
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Ruddy Mongoose |
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Neola Newra |
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Herpestes smithi |
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23 |
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Common Mongoose |
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Neola Newra |
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Herpestes edwardsi |
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24 |
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Honey Badger |
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Kaber Bijoo |
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Mellivora capensis |
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25 |
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Five Striped Palm Squirrel |
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Gilehari |
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Funambulus pennanti |
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26 |
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Indian Porcupine |
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Sehi |
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Hystrix indica |
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27 |
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Indian Hare |
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Khargosh |
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Lepus nigricollis |
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28 |
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Indian Pangolin |
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Chikara |
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Manis Crassicaudata |
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Bandhavgarh Profile |
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