Wayanad : Wildlife Sanctuaries
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary
Main attractions: Fauna: Mammals: Elephants, tigers,
panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, monkeys, wild dogs, bisons, deer, bears
etc. Reptiles: Monitor lizards and a variety of snakes are seen. Birds:
Peacocks, babblers, cuckoos, owls, woodpeckers, jungle fowls are a few of
the various types of birds seen here. Flora: Teak, maruthu,
karimaruthi, rosewood, venteak, vengal, chadachi, mazhukanjiram, bamboo
etc. grow in the moist deciduous forest. Veteria indica, lagerstroemia,
lanceolta, terminalia paniculata etc. are common in the semi evergreen
patches.
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