Established under Project Tiger in 1974.
In Karnataka, INDIA
Maharaja of Mysore owned it
HUGE AREA 874 sq. kms
Prominent Wildlife
Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Gaur, Dhole, Chital,
Sambar, Sloth Bear, 4-horned Antelope, Gray
Langur, Wildboar and many other
Birds:
200+ different birds – Drongos, Peafowl,
Buzzards, Vultures, Owls, Eagles, etc.
Reptiles:
Cobra, Viper, Python, Flying Lizards etc.
Plants and Trees:
Teak Sandalwood, Bamboo, Gooseberry,
Indigo berry, and more
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Colour: Males dark brown, Females rust coloured with white colour legs
Food Habits:Gaurs are herbivorous. They feed on grass, leaves, plants, creepers, herbs, bamboo.
Amazing Facts:Gaur is the largest species of wild cattle making them larger than African Buffalo and Wild Water Buffalo.
Length: 8.3 feet to 12 feet
Weight: 1000-1500kg
Tail length: 70-100cm
Horn length: 3.5feet
Colour: Yellowish-brown to dark grey coloured shaggy coat
Food Habits:Sambars feed on wide variety of vegetation like grasses, foliage, fruits, water plants, shrubs & trees.
Amazing Facts:Sambars are good swimmers.Communicate by scent marking and foot stamping
Height: 102 to 160cm
Weight: 546 kg
Tail length: 22-35 cm
Antlers length: 110 cmKingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Food Habits:Four horned antelopes are herbivorous, feeding on soft leaves, fruits, flowers, plants like Indian plum & Indian gooseberry.
Amazing Facts:Communicate by scent marking Presence of four horns a feature unique among mammals
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Height: 55 to 64cm
Weight: 22 kg
Colour: Yellow-brown to reddish coloured coat fading to whitish colour on the underparts & insides of legs
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Height: 60 to 90 cm
Weight: 130 kg
Body length: 1.4-1.9 m
Colour: Black long, shaggy coats forming a mane around the face with long sickle shaped claws, with adapted lower lip & palate for sucking insects.
Food Habits:Sloth bears are expert hunters of termites, honeybee colonies, partial to mangoes, sugarcane & jackfruit. Extremely fond of honey.
Amazing Facts:Excellent climbersThey gallop faster than running humansGood swimmers
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Height: 20 to 30 cm
Weight: 56-175 g
Speed: 24km/hr
Colour: Black, brown, grey with furry, stretchy membrane that stretches between front & back legs and a stubby flattened tail.
Food Habits:
Flying squirrels are omnivorous & harvest fruits nuts, fungi & bird eggs.
Amazing Facts:
Highly developed sense of smell
Glide very fast
Established 1968.
In Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
Legend – King Ram gave this area to his
brother Laxman to keep a watch over Lanka
(Bandhav – garh)
Highest Density Tigers
TOTAL AREA 448 sq. kms
Prominent Wildlife
White Tiger, Caracal, Indian Wolf, Hyena,
Cheetah, Spotted Deer, Gaur, Dhole, Chital,
Sambar, Langur, Wildboar and many other
Birds:
200+ different birds – Egrets, Kingfisher,
Eagles, Vultures, Woodpecker, Parakeet,
Drongos, Robin, Myna, Starling, Shrike,
Peafowl, Buzzards, Vultures, Owls, Eagles,
etc.
Reptiles:
Cobra, Viper, Python, Flying Lizards etc.
Plants and Trees:
Teak Sandalwood, Bamboo, Gooseberry,
Indigo berry, and more
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Colour: Coat is yellow to light orange with stripes ranging from dark brown to black, belly & limbs are white, tail is orange with black rings.
Food Habits:Tigers are carnivorous. They hunt chital, sambar, gaur, water buffalo, nilgai, wild boar, hog, deer, grey langur.
Amazing Facts:Tiger population at Bandhavgarh National Park is one of the highest in India and world. It is the largest of the world’s four big cats.
Length: 270 - 310 cm
Weight: 221 kg
Tail length: 85 -110 cm
Colour: very similar to grey wolf with fur’s base colour as golden
Food Habits:Golden Jackal is omnivorous and opportunistic, feeding on rodents, reptiles, birds and fruits.
Amazing Facts:Highly adaptable, being able to exploit many foodstuffs. Very effective at tracking and catching young animals. Has the ability to forego liquids.
Length: 100cm
Height: 35-45 cm
Weight: 8-11 kg
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Food Habits:
Being carnivorous, they feed on species ranging from rat to snake. Also eats eggs and arthropods like scorpion.
Amazing Facts:
Skilful & agile hunter that searches for prey by its strong sense of smell and sight.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Body length: 36 – 45 cm
Weight: 0.9 -1.7 kg
Tail length: 45 cm
Colour: Medium sized tawny or yellowish grey with lighter underside, darker feet & darker red tail tip.They have reddish tint to their heads.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Height: 55 -75 cm
Wingspan: 123 – 165 cm
Weight: 420 – 1800 gm
Colour: Medium-large, dark brown in colour with rounded wings, short tail and short black white fan shaped crest. Bare facial skin & feet are yellow with underside spotted.
Food Habits:Reptile eater which hunts for snakes, lizards, frogs & small mammals like monkeys & birds.
Amazing Facts:Occur in many different habitats from dry to wet forests, tea plantations, mangroves & found at an altitude of 1900m.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Length: 194 -210 mm
Wingspan: 113 – 129 mm
Weight: 65.5 – 81 gm
Colour: Bright blue back, wings & tail. Head, shoulders, flanks & lower belly are chestnut, throat & breast are white, long pointed bill & legs bright red.
Food Habits:
Hunts insects, earthworms, rodents snakes, fish, frogs, tadpoles, lizards, grasshoppers, crickets, cockroaches, bugs, beetles.
Amazing Facts:
State bird of West Bengal, India.
Known for plunging into water to catch their prey. They have rapid wing beats that produce quick flight.