Kaziranga National Park is home to the largest number of swamp deer in eastern India. It is also home to India's Big Four - The Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros, the Asiatic Elephant, the Asiatic Wild Buffalo, and the Royal Bengal Tiger. While sighting of tigers will be difficult because of the tall grasses that provide excellent camouflage, their presence can be felt everywhere by way of pug marks, kills and territorial markings. A list of the mammals commonly found in Kaziranga National Park is given below.
If Kaziranga National Park were not so closely identified with the rhino, it would probably have become famous as one of the finest birding destinations in the world. In addition to numerous species of resident birds it serves as the winter visiting ground to many migratory birds. Altogether 478 species of birds, both migratory and resident, have been identified. To see the checklist of birds of Kaziranga National Park, please click Here
Birds in Kaziranga
A brief note on the Flora of Kaziranga National Park which is home to so many mammals, reptiles and birds can be found Here
Flora in Kaziranga
MAMMALS FOUND IN KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
1. Assamese Macaque - Macaca assamensis
2. Barking Deer - Muntiacus muntjak
3. Bat various
4. Capped Langur or Leaf Monkey - Presbytis pileatus
5. Common Mongoose - Herpestes edwardsi
6. Common Otter - Lutra lutra
7. Chinese Ferret Badger - Melogale moschata
8. Eastern Mole - Talpa micrura
9. Fishing Cat - Felis viverrina
10. Gangetic Dolphin - Platanista gangetica
11. Great Indian One Horned Rhinoceros - Rhinoceros unicornis
12. Hoolock or White Browed Gibbon - Hylobates hoolock
13. Hog Deer - Axis porcinus
14. Hog Badger - Arctonyx collaris
15. Himalayan Bear - Selenarctos thibetanus
16. Indian Elephant - Elephas maximus
17. Indian Wild Boar - Sus scrofa
18. Indian Gaur - Bos gaurus
19. Indian Porcupine - Hystrix indica
20. Indian Fox - Vulpes bengalensis
21. Jungle Cat - Felis chaus
22. Jackal - Canis aureus
23. Leopard - Panthera pardus
24. Large Indian Civet - Viverra zibetha
25. Pangolin - Manis crassicaudata
26. Royal Bengal Tiger - Panthera tigris
27. Rhesus Macaque - Macaca mulatta
28. Swamp Deer - Cervus duvauceli
29. Sambar - Cervus unicolor
30. Sloth Bear - Melursus ursinus
31. Small Indian Mongoose - Herpestus auropunctatus
32. Small Indian Civet - Viverricula indica
33. Wild Buffalo - Bubalus bubalis
LIST OF REPTILES FOUND IN AND AROUND KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK
Crocodiles
1. Gharial - Gavialis gangeticus
Turtles and Tortoises
2. Malayan Box turtle - Cuora amboinensis
3. Spotted Pond Turtle - Geoclemys hamiltonii
4. Brown Roofed Turtle - Kachuga smithii
5. Assam Roofed turtle - Kachuga sylhetensis
6. Indian Roofed Turtle - Kachuga tecta
7. Indian Tent Turtle - Kachuga tentoria
8. Tricarinate Hill Turtle - Melanochelys tricarinata
9. Indian Eyed Turtle - Morena petersi
10. Gangetic or Indian Softshell Turtle - Aspideretes gangeticus
11. Indian Peacock Softshell Turtle - Aspideretes hurum
12. Narrow Headed Softshell Turtle - Chitra indica
13. Indian Flapshell Turtle - Lissemys punctata
14. Asian Leaf Turtle - Cyclemis oldhami
15. Indian Black Turtle - Melanochelys trijuga
16. Keeled Box Turtle - Pyxidea mouhotii
17. Brown Hill Tortoise - Manouria emys
Lizards
18. Common Indian Skink - Mabuya carinata
19. Assam Olive-Brown Skink - Mabuya multifasciata
20. Common Bengal Monitor - Varanus bengalensis
21. Indian Water Monitor - Varanus salvator
Snakes
22. Rock Python - Python molurus
23. Reticulated Python - Python reticulatus
24. Common Kukri Snake - Oligodon arnensis
25. Striped Keelback - Amphiesma stolata
26. Checkered Keelback Watersnake - Xenochrophis piscator
27. Common or Long-Nosed Vine Snake - Ahaetulla nasutus
28. Copperhead Trinket Snake - Elaphe radiata
29. Rat Snake - Ptyas mucosus
30. Common Krait - Bungarus caerulus
31. Banded Krait - Bungarus fasciatus
32. Black Krait - Bungarus niger
33. Bengal Cobra - Naja kaouthia
34. King Cobra - Ophiophagus hannah
35. Russel's Viper - Vipera russellii
36. Green Pit Viper - Trimeresurus spp
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