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About Indira Gandhi
National Park
This sanctuary is situated at an altitude of 1,400 meters in the
western ghats near Pollachi. The area of the sanctuary is 958 Sq/ km
It has various kinds of wild fauna like elephant, gaur, tiger,
panther, sloth bear, pangolin, black headed oriole, green pigeon and
civet cat. The Amaravathy reservoir in the Anamalai has large number
of crocodiles. There are also many places of scenic beauty such as
Karain shoal.
Anaikunthi shoal, Grass hills, waterfalls, groves, teak forests,
estates, dams and reservoirs. Abutting Kerala on the West, this hill
forest boasts of thick growth of trees, folds of terrains with
evergreen sholas. About 800 species of South Indian flora are
distributed here.
Some of the many rare and endangered species of flora are:
This sanctuary nurtures Arboreal animals like lion tailed macaque,
bonnet macaque, Common Langur, Nilgiris Langur, Malabar Giant squirrel
and Grizzled giant Squirrel. The ground animals listed are: Tiger,
Panther, Elephant, Gaur, Pangolin, Sambar, Spotted Deer, Barking Deer,
Mouse Deer, Wild Boar, Dhole, Sloth Bear, Porcupine, Nilgiris Tahr,
Civet Cat and Toddy Cat. The Avifauna includes Racket Tailed Drongo,
Black Headed Oriole, Paradise Flycatcher, Whistling Thrust, Emerald
Dove, Green Pigeon, Tickell's Flower Pecker, Rufus Wood Pecker, Rose
Ringed Parakeet, Black Eagle, Great Indian Malabar pied Horn Bill,
Fiary Blue Bird and green Billed Malkhoha etc |
