Showing posts with label gangtok. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gangtok. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Snow Leopard

Watching us! This snow leopard is resting inside its enclosure at the zoological park in Gangtok, Sikkim.
The snow leopards are found in Himalayan region, western China, in some parts of central Asia and in Russia.
For more details:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Leopard



Photo: Abhijit Kar Gupta, Kolkata

Goral

The goral is sitting on the top of an elevated place. We found this in Gnagtok zoological park, Sikkim.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Red Panda

We found this red panda at the zoological park at the outskirts of Gangtok, Sikkim. The red pandas are found in the sub Himalayan region of north east of India and Sikkim. Outside India, it is found in China and Mayanmar. We learnt that red panda is the state animal of Sikkim (a small hill state of India). This is an endangered species now.
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