WAYANAD
DISTRICT
Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary:
Main attractions:
Fauna:
Mammals:
Elephants, tigers, panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, monkeys, wild dogs, bisons,
deer, bears etc.
Reptiles: Monitor lizards and a variety of snakes are seen.
Birds: Peacocks, babblers, cuckoos, owls, woodpeckers, jungle fowls are
a few of the various types of birds seen here.
Flora: Teak, maruthu, karimaruthi, rosewood, venteak, vengal, chadachi,
mazhukanjiram, bamboo etc. grow in the moist deciduous forest. Veteria indica,
lagerstroemia, lanceolta, terminalia paniculata etc. are common in the semi
evergreen patches
