Habit and Habitat: Solitary or Colonial, Marine sponge attached to some submerged solid objects like rocks; shell etc., in shallow waters. They feed on organic matter and bacteria, diatoms and protozoans.

Habit and Habitat: Solitary, marine, attached to a substratum by stalk. It takes organic matter, bacteria, diatoms and protozoa as food.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, colonial, found in shallow water, attached on the surface of seed weed, rocks, and shells.

Habit and Habitat: Solitary, marine and medusoid jelly fish, swimming close to the surface of the sea. Carnivorous, taking eggs, fishes, small larvae etc. as food.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, free floating or swimming colony, carnivorous.

Habit and Habitat: Likewise, the corals of the genera Corallium are widespread along the Mediterranean and the neighboring Atlantic coasts and is primarily seen around the central and western basin. Whereas population tends to decrease in deeper water in the eastern basin and around the Canary Islands, southern Portugal and Cape Verde

Habit and Habitat: Marine, colony remains attached to rocks and other hard substratum by basal plate, found in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.

Habit and Habitat: It is a marine form and lives in colonies. Certain crutaceans live in close association with the coral. It is commonly found in Florida and West Indies.

Habit and Habitat: It is marine and sessile form, found attached to the rocks and solid objects; from tide pools to a depth of 90 fathoms. Found on the Atlantic Coast, Northen Pacific coast and Europe.

Habit and Habitat: Brain corals are less common directly in coral reef communities, and are more often found on warm, shallow, clear tropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific and Caribbean Oceans.

Habit and Habitat: Lives with the fleshy stalk embedded in mud, sand or gravel. Probably on most coasts of the British Isles, but rather local. Only encountered by recent diving surveys in western Scotland. Generally distributed around western Europe.

Habit and Habitat: Open water, near surface to depths over 3800m.Distribution Worldwide.

Habit and Habitat: The habitat of Fasciola changes with the stage of its life cycle. Eggs shed by adults are located in the intestinal track of mammals and also in the wild. Fasciola are widespread and inhabit 70 countries and parts of all continents except for Antarctica.

Habit and Habitat: Tapeworms live in almost all land, sea, and fresh water habitats. Taenia are worldwide in distribution. Taenia solium is more prevalent in poorer communities where humans live in close contact with pigs and eat undercooked pork.

Habit and Habitat: Ascaris lumbricoides is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions and in other humid areas.

Habit and Habitat: Nereis is a marine crawling type, living in temporary burrows in sand. They are free-living, predaceous, nocturnal, carnivorous. Distribution : It has cosmopolitan distribution found along the North Atlantic coast, Pacific coast, U.S.A. and Europe

Habit and Habitat: Aphrodite lives at the bottom of deep sea buried in the sand. Geographical Distribution: Aphrodite is found in U.S.A.

Habit and Habitat: Chaetopterus has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring in shallow coastal habitats in both temperate and tropical locations throughout the world. It is plentiful around the coasts of Britain and Ireland but is absent from the east coast of England south of the Tees estuary.

Habit and Habitat: Hirudinaria or Indian cattle leech is a freshwater species. They are cosmopolitan in distribution but are mostly found in Myanmar and India. They are sanguivorous ectoparasites that live in swamps, slow-running streams, lakes and ponds.

Habit and Habitat: Pheretima posthuma, or the earthworm, is commonly found in topsoil rich in humus around the world. It lives in burrows and is nocturnal. The earthworm lacks well-developed senses but can regenerate portions of its body. It reproduces through cross-fertilization and has a clitellum that aids in reproduction.

Habit and Habitat: The mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda), also known as the round-tailed horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a chelicerate arthropod found in tropical marine and brackish waters of India, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, nocturnal, viviparous, found in sand, crevices, cracks and under wood, stone, carnivorous, feeds on insects, spiders and small animals.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrtial,freshwater and marine, commonly found buried in rocks and in sand, scavenger and detritus feeder, distribution cosmopolitan.

Habit and Habitat: Marine ,estuarine and fresh water ,bottom dweller,nocturnal,feeds on small animals and detritus,migrate to brackish water during breeding commonly found in India.

Habit and Habitat: Marine hard-hitting predators living in crevices and holes in hard substratum or in burrows in the soft substrates ,carnivores ,feeds on small animals including fishes.

Habit and Habitat: All marine ,leaves inside the empty shell of gastropods, scavenger and detritus feeder.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater streams, rivers, lakes and ponds, nocturnal creatures and lies hidden at the bottom during the day and comes to the surface during night in search of food, feeds on algae, mosses and other weeds, small insects and debris, i.e., omnivorous.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrtial,Found in damp places under bark or thick vegetation or stones , carnivorous ,feeds on larvae and adult insects,worms and other small creatures,kills prey by poison of the poison claws.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrtial, lives in darkened damp places under stones or logs or decaying leaves or rotating wood or moss, herbivorous food consists of dead and decaying vegetable matter, cultivated plants ,leaves and grass, when disturb rolls up into a coil or ball.

Habit and Habitat: Subterranean, lives underground in a chamber, the royal cell with in the termite colony, fed by worker termites with regurgitated saliva ana fungal hyphae.Termites are found on every continent except Antarctica, but their distribution and diversity varies by region: North America and Europe: Have low diversity, with 10 species in Europe and 50 in North America South America: Has high diversity, with over 400 species known.

Habit and Habitat: Nocturnal, larvae typically feed on plants, adults moths nonfeeding, domesticform, bred and reared in China , Japan and India.

Habit and Habitat: Honey bee is a social insect and lives in a permanent colony. Apis indica is common honey bee found in the forests and plains throughout India. A bee colony consists of three casts namely, Queen, drones (males) and workers.

Habit and Habitat: The rice weevil can live on beans, nuts, grains, and some types of fruit, such as grapes. The rice weevil, or Sitophilus oryzae, is a cosmopolitan insect pest that is found in warm and tropical regions around the world, including India.

Habit and Habitat: Tribolium beetles, also known as flour beetles, can be found in a variety of habitats, including: In the wild: Under the bark of trees and in old logs In stored products: In places where grains or other dried foods are stored, such as kitchens, flour processing facilities, and storage The beetle is of Indo-Australian origin and less able to survive outdoors than the closely related species Tribolium confusum. It has, as a consequence, a more southern distribution, though both species are worldwide in heated environments.

The beetle is of Indo-Australian origin and less able to survive outdoors than the closely related species Tribolium confusum. It has, as a consequence, a more southern distribution, though both species are worldwide in heated environments.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial ,nocturnal, active at dark and night, live in swarms and prefer to stay in damp places inside houses, cow sheds, shrubs and jungles, feed on nectar and plant juice, females require blood meal before egg laying, larvae are aquatic, distribution world wide.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial ,nocturnal, bites at dark and at night,lives in dark moist place inside houses, cow sheds,farms, shrubs and jungles, feed on nectar and plant juice, females require blood meal before egg laying, larvae are aquatic, distribution world wide.

Habit and Habitat: Lepisma saccharina is found worldwide, like other insects found in homes (Marlatt 1902). Lepisma saccharina are most commonly found in North America, Europe, China, Japan, and the Hawaiian Islands (Morita 1926).

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water ,found in ponds abd lakes of tropical countries, carnivorous ,feeds on insects, snails,fishes, tadpoles and small frogs etc. The genus Belostoma Latreille, 1807 comprises about 70 species distributed throughout the New World, and is most abundant in the Neotropical region, with 26 species recorded in the Brazilian Amazonia (Almeida et al).

Habit and Habitat: Marine,found in the inter tidal zone attached to rocks,shells, woods etc, feeds phyto and zoo plankton, may attached to any floating object also,distrtibution cosmopolitan.

Habit and Habitat: Found in fresh water streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and estuaries, bottom dweller and nocturnal, feeds on plants and small animals.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, found in moist habitats in tropical environments and southern temperate region, living in damp forests under leaves or stones, in bark of trees and rock crevices, nocturnal, carnivorous, feeding on various smaller arthropods.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, sluggish, slow moving, found in the intertidal zone attached to rocks,empty shells,corals and under stones, nocturnal,feeds on algae and diatoms, distribution cosmopolitan.

Habit and Habitat: The species occurs in agricultural areas, coastal areas and wetlands, disturbed areas, natural and planted forests, riparian zones, scrublands and shrublands, and urban areas (Moore 2005). These snails thrive in forest edge, modified forest, and plantation habitats (Raut and Barker 2002).

Habit and Habitat: Marine,free swimming ,found crawling among sea weeds ,herbivorous, feeds mainly on the sea weeds ,found in Asia,India and West Indies.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found attached to rocks and other hard substrate on intertidal zone,nocturnal, feeds on algae and other marine vegetation, widely distributed except North and South America.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, sedentary attached to rocks, stone,dead coral,at about a depth of 18-22m and at a distance of 19 km from the shore, filter feeder , feeding on protozoans , diatoms etc, distribution cosmopolitan but common in tropical and sub-tropical waters.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in muddy bottom of pond, lakes and streams. Filter fidder feeds on microscopic organisms commonly found in India Europe and USA.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, good swimmer, found in shallow water ,carnivorous, feeds on crustacean small fishes and other animals, cosmopolitan in distribution.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, fast swimmer, found in shallow or deep water ,carnivorous, feeds on crustacean small fishes and other animals , cosmopolitan in distribution.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, bottom dwellers , non swimmers and individuals tent to live by themselves in small protective caves , nocturnal , carnivorous , feeds on crustaceans, cephalopoda and fishes , distribution cosmopolitan.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, sedentary, live on hard substrates, nocturnal, carnivorous, feeds on mollusca ,crustaceans , polychaetes and other echinoderms, world wide distribution.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found at moderate depth of water remains attached to rocks and stone by cirri , creeps over the sea bottom, suspension feeders, feeds on diadoms , algae, protozoa and small planktons, world wide distribution.

Habit and Habitat: Marine bottom dweller, found in shallow water ,well represented in temperate and cold water, detritous feeder, ingesting sediment and assimilating in organic fraction, distribution world wide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, bottom living common intertidal zone, omnivorous, suspension feeder, feeds on sea weeds and small animal, distribution world wide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, sedentary in habiting shallow and deep water, ingesting microscopic prey and show ciliary mode of feeding, cosmopolitan in distribution.

Habit and Habitat: Branchiostoma is found in shallow seas in the north-east Atlantic Ocean, from 67°N in Norway south to the Mediterranean Sea and east to the Black Sea. Its range has expanded through the Suez Canal to the northerly parts of the Indian Ocean and the coasts of East Africa.

Habit and Habitat: The species is found in the northern and western Atlantic Ocean along the shores of Europe and North America, in the western Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and as an invasive species in the Great Lakes.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, living in shallow tropical and warm temperate seas and some are fresh water, Carnivorous, mainly fish eater, Predaceous, attacked prey by its sharp teeth, active swimmers, distribution worldwide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found in tropical seas, Predaceous, consume other fishes,ferocious in nature and lash at their prey with their head, distribution world-wide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found in tropical and sub- tropical regions, few species live in fresh water, predaceous, feeds on small fishes and other marine animals, distribution world-wide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found lying quietly on the bottom of the ocean in shallow waters, Carnivorous, catch small fishes, arthropods, gastropods etc, distribution world-wide.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, lives in the flat sandy or muddy bottom of the ocean in shallow water, Carnivorous, feed mainly on invertebrates and small fishes, distribution world-wide.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ponds and rivers, jheels, bheels and pools, omnivorous, surface feeder, feed on crustaceans, algae, organic debris and zoo-plankton, found all over India.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ponds and rivers, herbivorous, column feeder, feed on algae, decaying plants, debris, and phytoplankton, widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, specially found in India and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ditches and ponds, prefers stagnant muddy waters, carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and their spawns, insects and tadpoles, builds crude nest to rear their young ones, air-breathing habit, can survive out of water for few hours as they possess supra-branchial organ, abundant in India Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malay peninsula, Thailand, China and Africa.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in rivers, lakes, ponds, streams and tributaries, feed on decomposed animals and plants, algae, diatoms, bottom feeder, found in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Estuarine, carnivorous, feed on eggs and larvae of fishes and invertebrates along with organic substances along with mud and soil, migrating into estuarines and rivers, distributed along the coastal waters of India.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, live at the bottom of the ponds and reservoirs, omnivorous, bottom feeder, feed on decomposed organic matter, found in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ponds and rivers, jheels, boars, canals, beels, herbivorous, column feeder, feed on algae, decaying plants, debris, and phytoplankton, widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions, specially found in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, in habits saline estuaries, occasionally found in fresh water streams, carnivorous; feed on small fry of fishes and crustaceans larvae, found in the seas from India to China, especially in the estuaries of large rivers on the eastern coasts.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found in seas, pelagic, often skittering near boats, carnivorous, feeding on prawn and young fishes and their eggs, distributed in tropical and warmer Atlantic and India oceans and abundance in the seas of South India.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, shows trends of migration for feeding purposes, found abundantly in the coastal waters of Arabian Sea along the Bombay Coast, also found on the Eastern Coasts as far as Orissa and West Bengal, Carnivorous, feeds on small fishes.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, swim vertically by their dorsal fin, can anchor to any object by the prehensile tail, carnivorous, feeding on small fishes, cosmopolitan distribution, found in almost all warm sea waters.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, enters estuaries, carnivorous, voracious feeder, feed on small fishes, crustaceans etc. common in Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and extends on to the Indian Ocean and beyond.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, fresh water, brackish, feeds on plankton and forages in muddy bottoms, feed on larvae of crustaceans,found in rivers and estuaries in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, attaches itself by means of adhesive disk to other fishes, whales, turtles and other floating object, carnivorous, feeding on small fishes, distributed all over the tropical and warm seas, dwell in the surface area of the sea.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, brackish water and marine waters but only in the tropical and subtropical Indian and Pacific oceans, found in near coral reefs and islands in warm, clear and shallow water, feed on algea, plankton, detritus, diatoms, found in India, especially in Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, bottom loving in coastal waters lying on side, carnivorous, feed on molliscs, is common on the West Coast of India.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, estuarine, feed on copepods, prawn and fish larvae, various crustaceans and cypris,Mainlyfound in coastal waters around India, Bangladesh and Myanmar, also found in areas from Thailand south to the Malay Peninsula and Java.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ponds, ditches and in shallow rivers, omnivorous, feed mainly on decomposed organic matters.

Habit and Habitat: Riverine fish, also be found in estuaries, can tolerate some salinity, adult eat mainly mysids and small prawns, while juveniles eat mainly copepods, found in Diamond Harbor, Orissa, Bangladesh and Myanmar, also found in the Ganges system.

Habit and Habitat: Marine ray- finned fish, found mainly in the estuaries and the Bay of Bengal. They enter rivers as far as the tide extends (Rahman,2005; Bhuiyan, 1964), found in the rivers and waters of Southern and South-east Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Exotic fishes introduced into India in 1952: original home is Africa, fresh water, found in ponds and lakes, thrives under cultivation, carnivorous, feed on other small fishes and mosquito larvae, prolific breeder, mouth brooders.

Habit and Habitat: Live in open, non-vegetated areas of the lower intertidal zone, herbivorous, feed on algae and diatoms, widely distributed in tropical and intertidal environments within the Persian Gulf, The Coast of Mozambique, Southern Japan in the North, Indo- Pacific and Northern Australia in the South.

Habit and Habitat: Primarily found in fresh water, brackish waters in swamp forest, floodplains, still or stagnant backwaters and ponds, lakes and river mouths, bottom dwelling fish, carnivorous, feed on crustaceans, insects and other fishes ,also found in Bangladesh, java, South and Southeast Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, Fresh water, brackish, pelagicneritic, amphidromous, feed on larvae of copepods, shrimps, prawns, small fishes, found in shallow, muddy coastal waters, Indo- Pacific, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka (except Red Sea and east Africa) to northern Australia and New Guinea.

Habit and Habitat: Terapon species are found in the Indo-Pacific region, and some have also been recorded in the Mediterranean Sea. These are found in fresh water, brackish and marine habitats.These are found in India and Andaman Islands and Southeast Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Brackish water and fresh water fishes, bottom deweller, bottom feeder, omnivorous, predatory in habits, attack small carps and prawns, widely distributed in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, inhabit the surface of warm temperate and tropical sea, and feed on algae, plankton, and smaller fish, found in tropical waters Indo-Pacific oceans extends from Western India, around Sri Lanka, Thailand, the Philippines, New Guinea to western Polynesia.

Habit and Habitat: Found in fresh water and estuaries, bottom dwellers, omnivorous feed on snails, insects larvae, crustaceans and small fishes, distributed in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Malaya.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, found in ditches and ponds, prefers stagnant muddy waters, carnivorous, feeds on small fishes and their spawns, insects and tadpoles, builds crude nest to rear their young ones, air-breathing habit, can survive out of water for few hours as they possess supra-branchial organ, abundant in India Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Malay peninsula, Thailand, China and Africa.

Habit and Habitat: Freshwater habitats such as : rivers, lakes, ponds, estuaries, and inundated fields, distribution in South Asia from Pakistan to Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, cultured In pond along with our major carps, in young stage they feed on zoo-plankton, adult herbivorous, feed on phyto-plankton, decomposed aquatic plants and organic food mixed up with soil, bottom feeder, found in Europe, brought in our country from Bangladesh in 1957.

Habit and Habitat: Both fresh water and brackish water, carnivorous, feed on small fishes and spawns, posses supra-branchial organ by which they can live out of water for long period, distributed in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Malaya.

Habit and Habitat: Marine or brackishwater , carnivorous, feed on small fishes and zoo planktons, found through out the East and West coasts of India also in the Northern parts of Bay of Bengal.

Habit and Habitat: An inshore pelagic species, occurring in coastal bays, lagoons and harbours, found in tropical waters of the Indian and West Pacific.

Habit and Habitat: Inshore pelagic, mostly eats small fishes particularly clupeids and crustaceans and zooplankton, found throughout the Indian coastline, including Lakshadweep Island, Mangalore, Kerala, and the Andaman Sea.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, river carp of China, cultured in fresh water ponds ,in young stage feed on unicellular algae and in adult stage feed on phytoplankton , surface feeder ,brought to our country from Hong Kong in 1959.

Habit and Habitat: Fresh water, inhabiting in rivers, ponds and lakes, herbivorous, surface feeder distributed in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Aquatic animals ,found in pools and bogs of Darjeeling ,Sikkim, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. Carnivorous, feed on insects larvae , earthworms and small fishes.

Habit and Habitat: Arboreal; living on trees and rocks, feed on insects, nocturnal, distributed in India, China, Japan, Africa, Central and South America.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, burrowing ,occurs in moist and damp areas under stones and rocks , carnivorous feed on earthworms, insects and small vertebrates, restricted throughout tropics and found in Eastern Himalaya, South India, Sri Lanka and S.E. Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Marine, found in the coastal water, lay eggs at night on the sea beaches, herbivorous, feed on sea grass and algae, distributed in tropical and subtropical region, found in Indian Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and coasts of United States.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, nocturnal, hide on the back of photoframes on the wall , crevices and other dark places. Carnivorous, feed on Insects , flies and spiders., Climbing to walls and ceilings by adhesive pads, distribution world wide.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, arboreal, lives in trees of the jungles and also in houses , insectivorous , distribution cosmopolitan but specially found in warm climate of Asian and European countries.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, arboreal, found in the bushes , hedges and house gardens of India, Malaysia and China, Insectivorous, Swift runner.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, arboreal, lives in trees , can glide from tree to tree with the help of patagiun. Insectivorous , feed on small insects , found in India, Malaysia, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, adapted for burrowing life , live in dry abundant places , insectivorous, found in India,Bangladesh, Mayanmar and China.

Habit and Habitat: Arboreal , limbs and tails are modified for grasping ,insectivorous, caught insects by their very long tongue, change colour very often , found in India, Sri Lanka, Asia, Africa , Southern Arbaria, Spain, Europe.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, generally nocturnal, found in jungles , bushes, open fields and near humans habitation, living in holes, under stones and mud walls, carnivorous , feed on frogs, toads, rats, lizards, birds and other snakes , oviparous, hibernate during winter, highly poisonous, venom is neurotoxic, found in India, Africa, China, Australia and Egypt.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, found in rocky and bushy region where the body colour harmonizes with the surroundings, remain coiled with head in the centre of the coil, carnivorous, feed mice, lizards, and birds, found in Asia, Europe, Sri Lanka, Mayanmar and all over India.

Habit and Habitat: Aquatic, live in water, very good swimmer, carnivorous, feed on fishes, eels and on sea food, oviparous, found in India along the Pacific Coast from Southern Mexico to Northern South America, in the Bay of Bengal and Malayan regions.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, nocturnal, live in cracks in walls or in heaps of stones or bricks, or logs, carnivorous, feed on toads, mice and other snake, found in south East Asia, all Over India and Malya.

Habit and Habitat: Widely distributed throughout India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, feeds on rodents , other small mammals and lizards.

Habit and Habitat: Usually docile and shy in nature and barely attempt to bite. They prefer evening to nights for activity and remain hidden at day time, found in central and tropical Asia.

Habit and Habitat: Non venomous , found across Asia, non aggressive , feeds on frogs and toads, usually found in bushes, under leaf litter , grass and rocky cracks, most abundant during the monsoons.

Habit and Habitat: Fossorial, found in Africa and Asia and many other parts of the worlds, lives under ground in ant and termite nests, under logs , moist leaves stones, jungles, feed on the larvae,eggs and pupae of ants and termites.

Habit and Habitat: Are seen almost with the human habitation, move freely and nest in the houses, omnivorous, feeds on insects, grains, flower nectar and kitchen left off, flock damaged crops & gardens, found throughout the World.

Habit and Habitat: Found near the tanks, streams, lakes and the sea shore, prey upon aquatic insects, tadpoles and small fishes by their long bill, dive into the water to catch fish, nests are builds up in the tree holes, distribution cosmopolitan, found throughout India.

Habit and Habitat: Found in scrubs jungles and in gardens, remain near or away from human habitation, feed on banyan and peepul figs, termites, moth, caterpillars and other insects, found in Indian sub-Continent and in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Mayanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Nocturnal, hide in day time in secluded leafy branches or tree holes or woody places, live in plains and foot hills near human habitation, carnivorous, feeds on insects, rats, rabbits, mice, birds and other animals, Worldwide distribution specially found in India, Pakistan and Myanmar.

Habit and Habitat: Distributed in all types of habitats and nearly all parts of the World, found in mountainous plains, and tropical, moist areas such as central America, the West Indies and Jamanica, they uses claws to kill small animals, favorite hunting time is usually when the day gets dark before nightfall.

Habit and Habitat: Terrestrial, sub-terrestrial, arboreal, live in the ground burrows, on the tree holes, in the dwelling house and cultivated fields, omnivorous, feed on variety of plant and animal substances and stored grains, found all parts of the World, prefers warmer and dried conditions.

Habit and Habitat: Lives on trees as well as on grounds, adapted for arboreal life, fast runner, active at day time, herbivorous, feed on fruits, seeds and nuts, worldwide distribution, found on all continents and Islands.

Habit and Habitat: Arboreal, nocturnal, many roost in colonies in trees, during day time they live in caves, crevices, old abandoned buildings, sleeps during day time hanging head downwards by the help of hind claws, frugivorous, eats various fruits but mainly feed on juicy sweet fruits, young remains cling to mothers body, found in parts of Asia, The Pacific, Australia, Africa, Sri Lanka and in India.