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India: places and wildlife

Browse the published Explore collection for India. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.

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Brown Rat

Brown Rat

A Brown Rat problem is a route-finding problem: identify the stocky ground-level rat, map fresh sign to food and entry, clean contamination wet, then close the building before measuring whether control worked.

Black Rat

Black Rat

The agile roof-climbing rat of ports and warm cities differs sharply from its heavier, burrowing relative.

Common House Gecko

Common House Gecko

A human-transported tropical gecko that patrols walls beneath lights and announces itself with surprisingly audible chirps.

Himalayan Snowcock

Himalayan Snowcock

North America’s only established Himalayan Snowcocks hide in Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, where hearing one across a cirque is far easier than seeing it.