Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park
An Ecological Paradise, this sanctuary encompasses a National Park with an Area
of 108 Sq.km.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.Spread over 9.58 Sq.kms., this sanctuary can
be reached through Topslip in Anamalai Hills on the Western Ghats.
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.
Other Eco - Centers : Equally enticing in the sanctuary are Monkey Falls
at Aliyar, Crocodile breeding centre at Amaravathi, Gran Hills, Attakatti, Nirar,
Kullipatti, Manompally, Chinnar, Thirumoorthy, Varagaliyar and Manjampathy.
Trekking sheds available at Manjapally and Varagaliyar. While a wild life interpretation
Centre is at Aliyar, a medicinal plant interpretation Centre is at Topslip.
Some of the many rare and endangered species of flora are:
1. Combretum Ovalifolium, 2. Dispyros nilagrica, 3. Gymnopteris Contaimirans
(Fern), 4. Habebarai reriflora (Orchid), 5. Polypodum pleroupus, 6. Alsophila
sp, 7. Bulbophyllum sp., 8. Lasianthus uenuloses, 9. Angiopterris Erectra, 10.
Gnetum Ula, 11. Impaliens Elegans, 12. Lycopodium cernum, 13. Ranunculus reniformis
and Osmunda Regulis.
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