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Guindy National Park, Tamil Nadu

Known for being the smallest wildlife reserve in the country, the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu is unique for another reason too; it is located within the metropolitan area in Chennai. The other distinctive quality of the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu is that it is an extension of the Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan grounds.

Once a property of the Englishman Gilbert Rodericks, who used it as a game ground; the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu was declared a National Park in the year 1910. The Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu lies in an area of around 282 hectares and is one of the most popular destinations for visitors to the state.

Despite the considerably small area of the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu, the National Park is known to harbor numerous varieties of flora and fauna. Some of the common varieties of trees in the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu are the azadirachta, atlanta monoplylla and feronia limonia.

Aside of these 3 species, there are some 21 other species. Among the 14 varieties of animals are the jungle cat, elephant, jackals, spotted deer, black buck, Indian civet, mongoose and antelope. There are also some 37 varieties of birds to be sighted in the Guindy National Park in Tamil Nadu; they include the honey buzzard, bulbul, black winged kite, myna, pariah kite, babblers, partridges and baza.

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