VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

COMMON WILD ANIMALS IN INDIAN ZOOS

• Commonly held carnivores

  • Lion, tiger, panther, jungle cat, hyena, jackals, wild dog, otter, fox, wolf, jaguar etc.
• Other wild animals
  • Gaur, wild pig, nilgai, spotted deer, sambar deer, porcupine, sloth bear, giant squirrels, zebra, Indian pangolin, hog badger, kangaroo, rhinoceros, giraffe etc.
• Reptiles
  • Cobra, king cobra, Russels wiper, rat snake, green snake, krait, reticulated python, rock python, monitor lizard, Indian soft shelled turtle, mugger, gharial etc.
• Aviary species
  • Peacocks, cockatoo, cockatiel, African grey parrot, grey horn bills, rosy pelicans, painted storks, budgerigars, love birds, swan, sarus crane, egrets, born owls, vultures, kites, shikara etc.