India GOAnimals in Agra
Gharial
The Chambal holds the world's largest gharial population, put at 2,026 animals in a 2025 assessment of the sanctuary, roughly four fifths of the species' global total. A boat here is the only reliable place in the world to see the animal in numbers.
Gavialis gangeticus
Red-crowned roofed turtle
The Chambal turtle nurseries hatch and release young each year; the species is one of the most threatened freshwater turtles in the world.
Batagur kachuga
Smooth-coated otter
In the Chambal, fish make up about 94 per cent of the diet of otters, gharials and muggers alike, yet a radio-tracking study in the sanctuary recorded little conflict between them and twice saw a male otter chase off a large gharial.
Lutrogale perspicillata
Sloth bear
The «dancing bear» trade ended in India in 2009, and the Agra facility took in a large share of the confiscated animals. The bears here cannot be released, which is why they are visible at all.
Melursus ursinus
Indian rock python
Keoladeo's python burrows are one of the few places in India where the species is watched routinely from a marked path.
Python molurus
Rhesus macaque
Fed at Hanuman temples, which is why troops concentrate around them. Feeding is what makes the animals bold, so the temples that discourage it have calmer monkeys.
Macaca mulatta
Nilgai (blue bull)
The name means «blue cow», and the association with cattle has protected the animal from hunting across the Hindi belt for centuries.
Boselaphus tragocamelus
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