India's Bing Cats.Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Asiatic lion and Snow leopard

Bengal tiger   

 The term 'big cat' is used informally to distinguish the larger members of the biological family of cats (felidae) from smaller ones.Typically.most of them are able to roar and belong to the genus panthera. The big cats of India include: the Bengal tiger(panthera pardus fusca) and the snow leopard(panthera uncia).

Bengal tiger

Bengal tiger

Its commonly known as the Royal Bengal tiger,it is one of the largest and most majestic predators in the world.Its habitat ranges from the Himalayas to the rainforest of the southern western Ghats and from the dry forests of Rajasthan to the moist evergreen forests of north-east India and mangrove swamps of the sunderbans. The tiger plays a pivotal role in maintaining a healthy ecosystem.it is at the apex of the food chain , and its presence in the ecosystem. At present the tiger faces threats from poaching and habitat degradation.

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Indian leopard

Indian leopard

    The leopard is the third largest of the Indian big cats, after the tiger and the lion. It is one of the most adaptable and widely distributed big cat. It is found in all type of forests in India except in the mangroves. A significant threat to the leopard is the illegal trade of its beautiful skin and its bones, which are sometimes used in oriental medicine. Leopards have come increasingly in conflit with people as their habitat shrinks and prey animals deplete.This is now a serious problem for the survival of this beautiful animals.
                                                                       
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Asiatic lion

Asiatic lion

The Asiatic lion is also known as the Indian lion, persian lion and Eurasian lion. The Asiatic lion is as large as its Africal counterpart, but has a scantier mane.it also has a distinct fold of skin running along the belly which Africal lion rarely have. Lions are highly social animal and the only big cats that live in group called 'prides'. They are also the only cat species in which male and female look distinctly different.

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Snow leopard

Snow leopard

This beautiful high altitude cat is very difficult to sight and is one of the most elusive cats in the world. In India its geographical range encompasses a large part of the wester Himalayas, including the states of jammu and Kashmir, Himachal predesh and uttarakhand.They are also found in sikkim and Arunachal predesh in the eastern Himalayas. The animal is most active at dawn and dusk.Like most species of cats, snow leopards are solitary animal.