Tiger

Throughout India from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari except desert of Rajasthan, Punjab and Kutch

Lion

Gir forests in Kathiawar (Gujarat)

Leopard or Panther

The whole of India from Kashmir in north to Kanyakumari in the south, absent in parts of Punjab

Snow-Leopard

Along the Himalayan range from Kashmir to Sikkim

Clouded Leopard

Sikkim, North Bengal and Assam

Leopard Cat

Punjab , Peninsular India and Assam

Desert Cat

The desert of north west India-extending up to drier of central India

Jungle Cat

All over the country

Caracal

North and north-west hills of Kutch, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, central India, Peninsular India, Malabar coast