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This
sanctuary is located where the Nilgiri
Hills, the offshoot of the Western Ghats
meet the eastern Ghats. The Mudumalai
Wildlife sanctuary has varied mixture
of flat land, open grassland, swamp, valley
and nullas. The Mayyar river in
this region forms a series of spectacular
cascades on its way. 65 kms away from
Udhagamandalam and situated along the
Udhagamandalam - Mysore
highway, this sanctuary could be reached
from Mysore
as well.
This
321 Sq. km wide sanctuary encompasses
a National Park measuring an area of 103
sq.Kms. The vegetation is varied.
Primarily moist deciduous. It becomes
dry deciduous towards Bandhipur, mainly
mixed forests with Bamboos (Bambusa arundinacea
Natural teak (tectona grandis), Anogeissus
- latifolia, Terminalia, Crenulata/Terminalia
tomontosa, Grewia, and blooming
trees like Indian labumusum, Aredesia,
Solanancea are some of the flora.
The fauna include Elephants, Gaur, Banner,
Macaque, Common langur, tigers and leopards,
chital, dhole panther, Sloth Bear, Python,
barking deer, Four Horned Antelope,
Otter, Crocodiles (mugger), gaint flying
squirrel, Sambar, Hyena, Wild Dog, Wild
Boar, Mouse Deer, Spotted Deer, Jackal,
Hare, Porcupine and Mongoose.
The
Birds listed in this sanctuary are peacock-our
national bird, grey jungle fowl, the red
spur fowl, the grey patridge quails, goggle
eyed plower, Malabar whistling thrush,
large racket-tailed dronge, the shama,
the magpie-robin, spotted babbler, small
green barbet, green pigeons, the brown
dove, malabar grey hornbill, bulbuls,
mynahs, etc. Among birds of prey,
eagles, hawks, buzzards, harriers, falcons
and king vulture are predominant , berides
some migratory water birds.
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