India, Oct. 6 -- Floods in North Bengal triggered by heavy rainfall since Saturday have left several wild animals, including a leopard, rhino, sambar deer and bison dead, officials aware of the developments said on Monday.

A one-month-old elephant calf, which got washed away in Nepal's Mechi River, was rescued in India. Efforts are underway to reunite it with the herd, which has crossed over to India.

"Carcasses of a female rhino, a leopard, two bison and four sambar deer have been recovered till Monday morning. Several areas are still inaccessible. Efforts are on to check whether any other animals have died," said a senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer posted in north Bengal.

Extremely heavy rains since Saturday night triggered ...