Local observers via Navajyoti · Kota
Field voices quoted in Kota coverage say this jungle holds leopard, sloth bear, wolf, hyena, fox, jackal, deer, nilgai and jungle cat. It is not tiger-first country. Leopard and sloth bear numbers are described as high.
That matches how this visitor guide lists the Daulatganj circuit: come for the gorge, forts and the animals that actually live this forest.