Album: Tiger
Undoubtedly the most charismatic animal of India.The Indian Tiger is one of 5 sub-species distributed throughout Asia. Extremely endangered in the wild it is estimated that there are only 3500-4000 tigers left in India and that makes up about 65% of the world's population. Tigers prefer to hunt large deer -particularly Sambar where available.However, they are quite adaptable and can survive on smaller prey or even fish if necessary. They may attack humans if prey is unavailable or the tiger is old or injured. It is this behavior that has earned it the feared tite of "maneater" although in actuality both elephants and leopards take many more human lives. Project Tiger , started in 1973, is India's best known conservation effort.This plan has been responsable for protecting and in fact growing the wild Tiger population of India-today's tiger population is 3 times what it was at the inception of Project Tiger. Currently there are 27 preserves with over 40000 sq, miles of tiger habitat being protected.

Album: Asian Elephant
The largest land mammal in India, the Asian Elephant is slightly smaller than its African counterpart and differs fom them in several ways. The Asian Elephant has a rounded or humped back, its trunk has one tip as opposed to two, and its ears are noticably smaller.Also, among Asian Elephants only the males have tusks, The Elephant is revered by Hindus because of its association with the god Ganesha.

Album: Chital
The Chital or Spotted Deer is the most common and most visible deer of India. They live in large herds of mixed males, females, and young.They graze both grassland and open woodland, often beneath troops of langurs who knock the fruits to the ground for the chital's easy picking.The sexes are almost identicle except for the male's larger size and antlers. With beautiful and varied coloring, great looking racks of antlers and its spotting, I believe that the Chital is the handsomest deer I have photographed anywhere in the world. The pictures in this album come from Ranthambore, Bandhavgarh, Kanha, Panna, and Pench-all national parks in central India.

Album: Chinkara
The Chinkara or Indian Gazelle inhabits arid regions of India. It is light brown in color with very glossy fur to minimise heat absorption. Its horns are s shaped in profile but appear straight from the front-they are occasionly found in females. They are very reminisant of the Grant's and Thompson's Gazelles of Africa. Chinkara can surrive without water for many days, getting their needs from vegitation and dew. The photos in this album come fromPanna National Park.

Album: Nilgai
The Nilgai or Blue Bull is India's largest antelope and is much like the African Eland in appearance. The shoulder is the same height as a horse and slopes down to a low rump. Adult males are iron blue in color-hence the name-while females and calves have light brown coats. The males also have short conical horns. The photos in this album were taken in Ranthambore, Pench, and Panna National Parks.

Album: Sambar
The Sambar is India's largest deer. Males have a shaggy dark brown coat and large spreading antlers, females are lighter and less shaggy and without antlers. Because of their large size they are the preferred prey of tigers. The pictures here come from a variety of national parks in central India.

Album: Primates
The pictures in this album are almost totally Langurs. They are predominately leaf eating monkeys that have long tails and limbs, perfect for their arboreal lifestyle. The langurs shown here are all the Common or Hanuman Langur. They are silver grey with a black face. They are venerated by Hindus as a god. The Hunuman Langur is known for its unique relationship with the Chital, each warning the other of the approach of preditors and the Chital feeding on the fruit and leaves dropped by langurs

Album: Birds

Album: Gaur
The largest bovine in the world, the Gaur is often mistakenly calledthe Indian Bison although it is not related in any way to the North American Bison. The Gaur has a massive head,deep chest, and muscular shoulders. Adult males arebglossy black while the females and young are cffee brown. Very shy and calm for a creature of its size,the Gaur rarely attacksunless tormented. The pictures shown here were all taken in Kanha and Pench National Parks.