Fauna of Gujarat

The fauna of Gujarat, a state located in Western India, includes fauna from ecosystems such as the coast of the Arabian Sea, the semi-arid forests on the Kathiawar Peninsula, and the arid salt flats of the Rann of Kutch.

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 * [P.K. Thomas observed that the rhinoceros] is identified from a large number of Harappan and Chalcolithic sites ... [and] inhabited a major part of the Gujarat plains in the protohistoric period. ... The identification of large herbivores like rhinoceros, wild buffalo and probably wild cattle at many of the Gujarat Harappan sites suggests that the ecological conditions were more congenial for animal life during the protohistoric period in Gujarat.
 * Thomas, P. K., “Investigations into the Archaeofauna of Harappan Sites in Western India,” in Settar, S., & Ravi Korisettar, (eds), Indian Archaeology in Retrospect, vol. 2: Protohistory, Archaeology of the Harappan Civilization,, pp. 414 & 417
 * quoted in ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS IN THE DECLINE OF THE INDUS–SARASVATI CIVILIZATION by Michel Danino, 2016