List of Animals around the Hermitage

 Apes Monkeys Lemurs

  • The Bonnet Macaque. Macaca radiata

  • The Common Langur. Presbytis entellus

  • The Slender Loris.  Loris tardigradus

 

The Cats:

  • The Leopard or panther. Panthera pardus

  • The Jungle Cat. Felis chaus

  • Leopard Cat F.bengalensis

  • Rusty Spotted Cat  rubiginosa

 

The Civets:

  • The Small Indian. Civet Viverricula indica

  • The Common Palm Civet, or Tody Cat.  Paradoxurus hermaphroditus

 

The Mongoose

  • The Common Mongoose.  Herpestes edwardsi

  • The Stripedneck Mongoose.  Herpestes vitticollis

  • The Brown Mongoose.  Herpestes fuscus

 

The Dog Family

  • The Jackal. Canis aureus

  • The Indian Fox. Vulpes bengalensis

  • The Dhole or Indian Wild Dog. Cuon alpinus

 

The Bear Family

  • The Sloth Bear. Melursus ursinus

 

Insectivores

  • The Ground Shrew. Suncus murinus

Flying Squirrels

  • The large Brown Flying Squirrel. Petaurista philippensis

Striped Squirrels

  • The Three Striped palm Squirrel. Funambulus palmarum

  • The Five Striped palm Squirrel. Funambulus pennanti

Giant Squirrels.

  • The Indian Giant Squirrel. Ratufa indica

The Indian Porcupine.

  • Hystrix indica

The Blacknaped Hare

  • L.n nigricollis

The Indian Elephant

  • Elephas maximus

 

The Gaur or Indian Bison

  • Bos gaurus

Deer

  • The Sambar Cervus unicolor

  • The Chital or spotted Dear Axis axis

  • The Muntjac or Barking Deer. Muntiacus muntjak

  • The Indian Chevrotain or Mouse Deer. Tragulus meminna

 

The Indian Wild Boar

  • Sus scrofa.

The Indian Pangolin

  • Manis crassicaudata

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