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PLACES OF
INTEREST
Forest
Types (a) Southern tropical semi-evergreen
forests. (b) Southern tropical dry deciduous forests. (c)
Southern tropical moist mixed deciduous forests. (d) Scrub
forests. (e) Lush, green, grassy swamps.
Fauna
Animals Four horned antelopa, sloth bear, civet cat, barking
deer, mouse deer, spotted deer, wild dog, elephant, jackal, common
langur, slender loris, bonnet macaque, common mangoose, small Indian
mangoose, striped-necked mangoose, Otter, Pangoline, panther, wild
pig, porcupine, sambhar, giant squirrel, flying squirrel, malakar
squirrel, threestriped palm squirrel tiger. Birds Pea fowl, common
babbler, scinaitar babbler, bea eater, red whiskered bulbul, red
vented bulbul, little brown dove, ring dove, spotted dove, crested
hawk eagle, crested serpent eagle, tawny eagle, malabar pied
hornbill, malabar grey hornbill, loriekeet, minivet, biyth's myna,
Alexandrine parakeet, blue winged parakeet, blossom-headed and rose
ringed parakeets, southern treepie, green imperial pigeon, adjutant
stork, balabar trogon, great Indian Warbler, reed warbler, wood-peckers.Reptiles Common cobra, marsh crocodile (in Kabini
river) Krait, Monitor Lizard, rock python, Indian python, bamboo
viper, pit viper, Russell's viper, several species of gecko, skink
and agamid lizaards, etc.
EXCURSIONS
(Only name & km)
Bandipur National Park
(100 km), Madikeri (93 km), Mysore (96 km).
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