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Long renowned for its wild places and remarkably rich natural history, the indian subcontinent remains one of the worlds greatest wildlife destinations a valuable current record of india and nepals wild places and wilderness areas is presented in wild india the late guy mountfort was an authority on all aspects of species preservation his discerning account of the ecological and human history of the region, which focuses on the pressures facing indias irreplaceable natural heritage, has been updated by leading indian naturalist and conservationist hashim tyabji wild india surveys the great diversity of plant and animal life from the remote karakoram range in ladakh to the rainforests of the far west of rajasthan to the jungles and swamps of assam and manipur here, among numerous other species, are the magnificent kashmir stag and the shy musk deer, the rare lion-tailed macaque and the nilgiri tahr, and the asiatic lion - in its last bastion in the gir forest - along with the golden leaf monkey, the one-horned rhinoceros, and herds of elephant and buffalo guy mountfort helped to create national parks and wildlife reserves in india, nepal, pakistan, afghanistan and bangladesh as a founder of the world wide fund for nature, he led the international campaign to save the tiger from extinction gerald cubitt, one of the worlds leading natural history photographers, has provided the majority of the photographs for wild india