Wildlife in India - one of the 17 megadiverse countries on Planet Earth

wolfschanzze · Feb 15, 2014

Jade said:
Yes, they have great wildlife, but variety is quite low. Ex: Austarlia is rich in reptiles but poor in other variety;

India will beat hands down all the above countries in variety. Where else we can find three of the four big cats (Lions,Tigers, Leopards) existing in the world. Only Cheetah is missing. We have elephants, Rhinoceros, King Cobras, Bisons, Crocodiles....

No single country can beat India in wild life diversity

India

Asian cheetah was hunted to extinction by the british during their rule in India.Otherwise we would have had seen all 4 big cats in one same place

kurup · Feb 20, 2014

@waz : cross-posting your post from another thread .

The only two places on the planet the snow leopard has been filmed is Pakistan and later on Afghanistan.

It was also photographed two months back in India too .

Spotted! Incredibly rare snow leopards captured on camera at Gangotri National Park | Mail Online

Cherokee · Feb 20, 2014

kurup said:
@waz : cross-posting your post from another thread .

It was also photographed two months back in India too .

Spotted! Incredibly rare snow leopards captured on camera at Gangotri National Park | Mail Online

Also this

BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Snow leopard wins top photo prize

Best Photography award for a Snow leopard spotted in India .

waz · Feb 20, 2014

kurup said:
@waz : cross-posting your post from another thread .

It was also photographed two months back in India too .

Spotted! Incredibly rare snow leopards captured on camera at Gangotri National Park | Mail Online

Lovely pictures and I hope the species continues to thrive. There should be cross-country projects between Pakistan, India, Afghanistan etc to save this wonderful animal.