India GOAnimals in Chandigarh
Indian grey mongoose
The state animal of Chandigarh. It is active by day, unlike most small carnivores, so a city park at mid-morning is a realistic place to see one.
Urva edwardsii
Sambar deer
Sambar, nilgai and wild boar dominated the mammals recorded in Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary during the November 2025 camera-trap survey with the Wildlife Institute of India.
Rusa unicolor
Chital (spotted deer)
The golden deer that lures Sita away in the Ramayana is a chital, and the deer pair flanking a wheel is the emblem of the Buddha's first sermon.
Axis axis
Indian crested porcupine
In the November 2025 camera-trap survey of Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, run with the Wildlife Institute of India, porcupines were recorded mostly at night, the same pattern as the sanctuary's leopards.
Hystrix indica
Indian leopard
In March 2020, during the lockdown, a leopard strayed into Sector 5 and was released in the Morni Hills. Camera traps set in Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary in November 2025 identified two individual adult male leopards.
Panthera pardus fusca
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