India

🐯Tiger: The striped emperor, every pattern unique, every sighting legendary.

🐆Leopard: The spotted shadow, a solitary cat that hauls prey up trees and survives from African savanna to Himalayan snowline.

🐆Snow Leopard: Ghost of the Himalaya, a pale spotted cat that prowls above the tree line where oxygen is thin and prey is scarce.

🦚Indian Peafowl: India's national bird — the peacock whose shimmering train turns a forest clearing into theatre.

🐘Asian Elephant: Smaller-eared cousin of the African elephant — temple icon, forest engineer, and one of Asia's most beloved giants.

🐍King Cobra: The world's longest venomous snake — a hooded forest hunter that eats other snakes.

🦤Great Hornbill: A casque like carved ivory — Asia's great hornbill, booming through tall rainforest.

🐈Caracal: Tufted ears and bird-snatching leaps — Africa and India's silent medium cat.

🐊Gharial: India's needle-snouted fish specialist — a Critically Endangered river giant.

🐱Pallas's Cat: The manul — flat face, dense fur, and a legendary stare from Asia's cold grasslands.

🦏Indian Rhinoceros: One-horned armour of the Terai — folded skin plates and floodplain power.

🐻Sloth Bear: Shaggy termite vacuum of the subcontinent — long snout, white chest chevron, and chaotic charm.

🐕Dhole: Whistling pack hunter of Asia — russet coat, bushy tail, and coordinated forest chases.