India is located in South Asia and home to both big cats and small wild cats. The wild cats of India include lions, tigers, leopards and lynx.

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India is the seventh largest country and has the second largest population in the world. It is boarded by the Indian Ocean (south), Arabian Sea (southwest), Bay of Bengal (southeast), Pakistan (west) ; China, Nepal and Bhutan (northeast) and Bangladesh and Myanmar (east).

India’s geography is very diverse, from coastlines, deserts and plains to mountains.

The country is divided into 29 states, six union territories and the National Capital of Delhi. States have their own elected government. Asian lions inhabit Gujarat, India’s westernmost state.

India Wild Cat Species

Indian (Asiatic) lion
Indian leopard
Snow leopard
Clouded leopard
Asiatic golden cat
Marbled cat
Leopard cat
Jungle cat
Indian desert cat (caracal)
Pallas’s cat
Fishing cat
Rusty-spotted cat
Lynx

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India Wild Cat Conservation

Big cat and small wild cat conservation groups based or working in India.


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