Jungle book: Majestic photos of India's wildlife

See stunning pictures of sloth bears, tigers, leopards and more, captured—on film, only—across the country’s deep forests

Sep 07, 2019, 08:22 IST1 min

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A shy leopard photographed outside Ranthambore National Park at sunset. The Indian leopard is one of five big cats that make their home in India. The others are the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard

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An old male leopard after a confrontation with a rival. Leopards are territorial and males often confront each other over territories and mates

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A leopard and cub photographed along the Lala Kund ridge in Jhalana, Jaipur. In 2015, 7,910 leopards were estimated to live in and around tiger habitat in India about 12,000 to 14,000 leopards were speculated to live in the entire country

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A young male leopard emerges from his cave situated behind a small shrine in Bera. Leopards and humans have coexisted peacefully for centuries at Bera/Jawai and they share a mutual respect for each other. Leopards here are worshipped by the local communities and they are duly compensated for their livestock kills

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A female sloth bear carries her solo cub in Zone 2 of Ranthambore National Park. Sloth bears are the only bears that carry their young on their backs

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An osprey in flight over Padam Talao, Ranthambore National Park. Ospreys mainly feed on fish and are found around lakes and rivers during winters and early summers

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A pair of blackbucks photographed on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The coat of males shows two-tone colouration: while the upper parts and outsides of the legs are dark brown to black, the underparts and the insides of the legs are all white. On the other hand, females and juveniles are yellowish fawn to tan.

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