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Animals in Kolkata
Fishing cat
The state animal of West Bengal. One of its strongholds is the East Kolkata Wetlands: the fish ponds east of the city that also treat Kolkata's waste water, which makes it one of the few state animals living on a city's own sewage system.
Prionailurus viverrinus
Indian flying fox
A 2017 study counted about 945 flying foxes in the colony over Alipore Zoo and followed them out at dusk: they fed within about 1.3 kilometres of the roost, and banyans drew the most bats, then peepals.
Pteropus medius
Five-striped palm squirrel
The stripes are explained as the mark of Rama's fingers, stroking the squirrel that carried pebbles to help build the bridge to Lanka.
Funambulus pennantii
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