Jungle book: Majestic photos of India's wildlife

A family portrait of a dominant female of Zone 6 and her two male cubs, Ranthambore National Park. Female tigers are super-moms. After a gestation period of a little more than three months, they give birth (on average) to two to three blind and helpless cubs. The female is the sole provider for them until they reach independence at two years of age.

A snarling female tiger walks underneath an ancient gate in Ranthambore National Park. You can hear a tiger's roar from up to two miles away. Tiger vocalisations include roaring, growling, hissing, moaning and chuffing

A golden jackal runs across the Little Rann of Kutch. The golden jackal is more closely related to the gray wolf, coyote, African golden wolf, and Ethiopian wolf than it is to the African black-backed jackal or side-striped jackal

A jackal photographed on a very cold winter morning in one of the Bandhavgarh meadows. Jackals are extremely versatile and can survive in a variety of environments ranging from deserts to rainforests

A shy leopard photographed outside Ranthambore National Park at sunset. The Indian leopard is one of five big cats that make their home in India. The others are the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, snow leopard and clouded leopard

An old male leopard after a confrontation with a rival. Leopards are territorial and males often confront each other over territories and mates

A leopard and cub photographed along the Lala Kund ridge in Jhalana, Jaipur. In 2015, 7,910 leopards were estimated to live in and around tiger habitat in India; about 12,000 to 14,000 leopards were speculated to live in the entire country

A young male leopard emerges from his cave situated behind a small shrine in Bera. Leopards and humans have coexisted peacefully for centuries at Bera/Jawai and they share a mutual respect for each other. Leopards here are worshipped by the local communities and they are duly compensated for their livestock kills

A female sloth bear carries her solo cub in Zone 2 of Ranthambore National Park. Sloth bears are the only bears that carry their young on their backs

An osprey in flight over Padam Talao, Ranthambore National Park. Ospreys mainly feed on fish and are found around lakes and rivers during winters and early summers

A pair of blackbucks photographed on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The coat of males shows two-tone colouration: while the upper parts and outsides of the legs are dark brown to black, the underparts and the insides of the legs are all white. On the other hand, females and juveniles are yellowish fawn to tan.