3. Established under Project Tiger in 1974.
Reptiles:
In Karnataka, INDIA
Cobra, Viper, Python, Flying Lizards etc.
Maharaja of Mysore owned it
Plants and Trees:
HUGE AREA 874 sq. kms
Teak Sandalwood, Bamboo, Gooseberry,
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.
Indigo berry, and more
4. 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.
Colour: Males dark
brown, Females rust
coloured with white
colour legs
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Length: 8.3 feet to 12
feet
Weight: 1000-1500kg
Tail length: 70-100cm
Horn length: 3.5feet
5. 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
Colour: Yellowish-brown
to dark grey coloured
shaggy coat
Height: 102 to 160cm
Weight: 546 kg
Tail length: 22-35 cm
Antlers length: 110 cm
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
6. 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
Colour: Yellow-brown to
reddish coloured coat
fading to whitish colour
on the underparts &
insides of legs
Height: 55 to 64cm
Weight: 22 kg
7. Food Habits:
Sloth bears are expert hunters of
termites, honeybee colonies, partial to
mangoes, sugarcane & jackfruit.
Extremely fond of honey.
Amazing Facts:
Excellent climbers
They gallop faster than running humans
Good swimmers
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Colour: Black long, shaggy
coats forming a mane
around the face with long
sickle shaped claws, with
adapted lower lip & palate
for sucking insects.
Height: 60 to 90 cm
Weight: 130 kg
Body length: 1.4-1.9 m
8. Food Habits:
Flying squirrels are omnivorous &
harvest fruits nuts, fungi & bird eggs.
Amazing Facts:
Highly developed sense of smell
Glide very fast
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Colour: Black, brown, grey
with furry, stretchy
membrane that stretches
between front & back legs
and a stubby flattened
tail.
Height: 20 to 30 cm
Weight: 56-175 g
Speed: 24km/hr
9.
10. Established 1968.
Birds:
In Madhya Pradesh, INDIA
200+ different birds – Egrets, Kingfisher,
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
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
11. 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.
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.
Length: 270 - 310 cm
Weight: 221 kg
Tail length: 85 -110 cm
12. 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.
Colour: very similar to
grey wolf with fur’s base
colour as golden
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Mammalia
Length: 100cm
Height: 35-45 cm
Weight: 8-11 kg
13. 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
Colour: Medium sized
tawny or yellowish grey
with lighter underside,
darker feet & darker red
tail tip.They have reddish
tint to their heads.
Body length: 36 – 45 cm
Weight: 0.9 -1.7 kg
Tail length: 45 cm
14. 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
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.
Height: 55 -75 cm
Wingspan: 123 – 165 cm
Weight: 420 – 1800 gm
15. 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.
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Aves
Colour: Bright blue back,
wings & tail. Head,
shoulders, flanks & lower
belly are chestnut, throat &
breast are white, long
pointed bill & legs bright
red.
Length: 194 -210 mm
Wingspan: 113 – 129 mm
Weight: 65.5 – 81 gm
