Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophidae) All horseshoe bats have leaf-like, horseshoe-shaped protuberances called noseleafs on their noses. The noseleafs are important in species identification, and are composed of several parts. The lancet is triangular, pointed, and pocketed, and points up between the bats’ eyes. Their hind limbs are not well developed, so they cannot walk on all …
Setaria glauca (Setaria viridis) Setaria viridis is a species of grass known by many common names, including green foxtail, green bristlegrass, and wild foxtail millet. It is a hardy grass which grows in many types of urban, cultivated, and disturbed habitat, including vacant lots, sidewalks, railroads, lawns, and at the margins of fields. It is …
Greater Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) The greater horseshoe bat is an insectivorous bat of the genus Rhinolophus. It has a distinctive noseleaf, which has a pointed upper part and a horseshoe shaped lower part. Its horseshoe noseleaf helps to focus the ultrasound it uses to ‘see’. The greater horseshoe bat also has tooth and bone …
Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus) The Indian flying fox also known as the greater Indian fruit bat. It is one of the largest bats in the world. It is of interest as a disease vector, as it is capable of transmitting several viruses to humans. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on ripe fruits, such …
Fulvous Fruit Bat (Rousettus leschenaultia) Leschenault’s rousette is brown to grey-brown in colour with lighter underparts. It has long pale hairs under the chin, an elongated muzzle and large dark eyes. The head and body length measures 9.5–12 cm, the tail length measures 1–1.8 cm and the forearm length is about 7.5–8.5 cm. This bat …
Indian Grey Mongoose (Herpestes edwardsi) The Indian grey mongoose is commonly found in open forests, scrublands and cultivated fields, often close to human habitation. It lives in burrows, hedgerows and thickets, among groves of trees, and takes shelter under rocks or bushes and even in drains. The Indian grey mongoose has tawny grey or iron …
Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus) The body of Small Indian Mongoose is slender and the head is elongated with a pointed snout. The length of the head and body is 509–671 millimetres. The ears are short. They have five toed feet with long claws. Genders differ in size with males having a wider head and …
Himalayan or Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) Asiatic black bear, also Tibetan bear, or moon bear, member of the bear family. The Asiatic black bear is omnivorous, eating insects, fruit, nuts, beehives, small mammals, and birds, as well as carrion. It will occasionally attack domestic animals. It has a glossy black (sometimes brownish) coat, with …
Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) It has also been called “labiated bear” because of its long lower lip and palate used for sucking insects. It has a long, shaggy fur, a mane around the face, and long, sickle-shaped claws. Sloth bear fur is completely black, save for a whitish Y- or V-shaped mark on the chest. …
Asiatic Jackal (Canis aureus) The ancestor of the golden jackal is believed to be the extinct Arno river dog that lived in Mediterranean Europe 1.9 million years ago. Golden jackals are abundant in valleys and beside rivers and their tributaries, canals, lakes, and seashores. They are rare in foothills and low mountains. It is very …