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.