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Leopard
Scientific name :
Panthera pardus .
Common names : Hindi
: sona chita ; Marathi : karda : Telugu : chirutha puli
; Tamil : chiruthai ;
Characters : A sleek
short - haired animal with a bright coat marked with
small close - set black rosettes .
Habitat : Extends
over the whole of Indian peninsula , Burma , Srilanka
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They can tolerate the sun better and hence hunt even
by the day if they fail to get food in the nights .
They will kill and eat anything that can be overpowered
with safety . They display many of the habits of tigers
. They seize their prey from the ground or leap on them
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They
breed all year round . The female produces its first
litter when two and half to four years of age . Normally
two cubs are born and occasionally three or four .
Size : Male :
215 cm in length and weigh a maximum of 68 kg . Female
: 180 cm in length and weigh a maximum of 50 kg . |
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Vruka
vanam
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The
wolf enclosure in the zoo is called the Vruka
vanam . 'Vruka' is the sanskrit name for the wolf.
The wolf has often been depicted in the 'Panchatantra'
as being a cunning and cruel animal . An interesting
thing to be mentioned here is that Rudyard Kipling
, the author of ' The Jungle Book' has painted
the wolf as a noble animal . The hero of the book
'Mowgli' is found , adopted and brought up by
a family of wolves. Infact , the wolf is the ancestor
of our domesticated dogs which are known for their
faithfulness towards their master . |
Vruka vanam - The wolf enclosure |
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Wolf
Scientific name :
Canis lupus linnaeus .
Common names : Hindi
: bheriya ; Tamil : onai ; Telugu : thodelu ;
Characters: Its
size , large skull and teeth distinguish the wolf from
the rest of the family .Color variable . In general
, animals from the plains of India have sandy fawn coats
stippled with black . The fawn may bleach to grey and
the black become less evident in the summers.
Habitat : Europe
, North America , northern , central and southwestern
Asia . Apart from Tibet , Ladakh , and parts of Kashmir
they are found in the plains of peninsular India .
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Habits
: The
wolves in the northern parts of India keep migrating
with the other animals on the move for the sake of food
. They live in caves in winter and in thickets of reeds
and scrub with refuge in summers . Wolves in the deserts
burrow in the sand to avoid the intense heat and hunt
in the nights . Rodents , smaller animals , wild sheep
and gazelle are their main prey . Breeding season is
at the end of the rains and majority of the cubs are
born in December . Three to nine whelps are born in
a litter . Life span is 12-15 years.
Size : Male : Height
65 - 75 cm and weigh about 18 - 27 kg. |
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