Fauna in India

[Nescio]

0 A.D. has very limited biodiversity. This is quite understandable, given the amount of work necessary for adding an animal (creating mesh, textures, animations, icon, sounds). There are already large lists of wanted animals (here and here).

However, not all species live in all parts of the world, obviously. It could be helpful for future map makers to list the species native to a specific part of the world, or at least the largest and most important animals (from a human i.e. cultural, historical, and socio-economical point of view). Since 0 A.D. has the Mauryas and several maps but few animals from there, I've decided to start with the Indian subcontinent (i.e. South Asia).

Animals already present in the 0 A.D. svn version are stricken through. For the rest, I've added links to Wikipedia [WP], for basic information, and Wikimedia Commons [WMC], for free images. Jungle Book characters are within square brackets.

Feliformia:

• tiger (Panthera tigris) [Shere Khan]
• lion (Panthera leo)
• leopard (Panthera pardus) WP  WMC [Bagheera]
• cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) WP  WMC
• striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) WP  WMC

Canines:

• wolf (Canis lupus) [Akela, Raksha, Rama]
• golden jackal (Canis aureus) WP  WMC [Tabaqui]
• dhole (Cuon alpinus) WP  WMC
• red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
• Bengal fox (Vulpes bengalensis) WP  WMC

Bovinae:

• gaur (Bos gaurus) WP  WMC
• gayal (Bos frontalis) or mithun; the domestic gaur WP  WMC
• Indo-Chinese banteng (Bos javanicus birmanicus) WP  WMC
• Indian aurochs (Bos primigenius namadicus) – unclear when it went extinct in India – WP  WMC
• zebu (Bos primigenius indicus)
• wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee) WP  WMC
• domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis): river buffalo and swamp buffalo WP  WMC
• nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) WP  WMC
• four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis) WP  WMC

Cervinae (deer):

• sambar (Rusa unicolor) WP  WMC
• chital (Axis axis) or spotted deer WP  WMC
• barasingha (Rucervus duvaucelii) or swamp deer WP  WMC
• Indian hog deer (Hyelaphus porcinus) WP  WMC
• Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) WP  WMC

Other mammals:

• Indian elephant (Elephas maximus indicus) [Hathi]
• Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) WP  WMC
• onager (Equus hemionus) or Asiatic wild ass WP  WMC
• wild boar (Sus scrofa)
• Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus) or moon bear WP  WMC
• sloth bear (Melursus ursinus) WP  WMC [Baloo]
• Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis) WP  WMC
• South Asian river dolphin (Platanista gangetica) WP  WMC

Birds:

• Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus)
• Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) WP  WMC
• chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
• red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) WP  WMC
• grey junglefowl (Gallus sonneratii) WP  WMC
• green junglefowl (Gallus varius) WP  WMC

Crocodilians:

• mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris) WP  WMC
• saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) WP  WMC
• gharial (Gavialis gangeticus) WP  WMC