F W Champion Wildlife Gallery
Tiger, Panthera tigris
Tiger, Panthera tigris
Tiger, Panthera tigris. One of F W Champion's finest flashlight photographs, taken around 1926, in Northern India.
Tiger, Panthera tigris
Tiger, Panthera tigris
A tiger creeping towards his kill, photographed by F W Champion around 1926.
Leopard, Panthera pardus
Leopard, Panthera pardus
Leopard, Panthera pardus, photographed by flashlight by F W Champion in Northern India in the mid 1920s.
Leopard, Panthera pardus
Leopard, Panthera pardus
A magnificent male Leopard on the prowl. Photograph by F W Champion, c1925.
Fishing Cat, Prionailurus viverrinus
Fishing Cat, Prionailurus viverrinus
A Fishing Cat photographed by F W Champion in Northern India in the 1920s.
Indian Striped Hyaena, Hyaena hyaena
Indian Striped Hyaena, Hyaena hyaena
An Indian Striped Hyaena going quietly about its business, by F W Champion, Northern India, c1926
Sloth Bear, Ursus/Melursus ursinus
Sloth Bear, Ursus/Melursus ursinus
A Sloth Bear moving purposefully though the Indian jungle, F W Champion, 1920s.
Sloth Bear, Ursus/Melursus ursinus
Sloth Bear, Ursus/Melursus ursinus
A Sloth Bear photographed by flashlight by F W Champion in the 1920s.
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
A mother elephant with her calf, by F W Champion, Northern India, c1925
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
Elephants moving peacefully though their jungle home, by F W Champion, Northern India.
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
Indian Elephant, Elephas maximus
A magnificent makna fully ten feet high at the shoulder.
Indian Ratel, Mellivora indica
Indian Ratel, Mellivora indica
A Ratel on the move at night, photographed by F W Champion, c 1927.
Indian Wild Dog/Dhole, Cuon alpinus
Indian Wild Dog/Dhole, Cuon alpinus
Indian wild dogs photographed by flashlight by F W Champion while hunting at night.
Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
A family group of Nilgai photographed by F W Champion in India in the mid 1920s.
Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
Nilgai, Boselaphus tragocamelus
A party of female and young Nilgai, by F W Champion.
Blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra
Blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra
A Ratel on the move at night, photographed by F W Champion, c 1927.
Indian Crested Porcupine, Hystrix indica
Indian Crested Porcupine, Hystrix indica
A porcupine on its way to feast on potatoes, by F W Champion, Northern India.
Indian Pangolin, Manis crassicaudata
Indian Pangolin, Manis crassicaudata
An Indian Pangolin that had been brought into F W Champion's camp. He tried to keep it in a box by sitting on the lid, but the Pangolin was strong enough to push him off!
King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah
King Cobra, Ophiophagus hannah
A party of female and yoA Cobra found close to one of F W Champion's camps, Northern India, c1927.ung Nilgai, by F W Champion.
Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus
Gharial, Gavialis gangeticus
A group of Gharials (fish-eating crocodilians) photographed by F W Champion in the late 1920s in what is now the Corbett National Park.