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Mundanthurai Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu

Located in the district of Tirunelvi, the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is a great reserve for many endangered species, in addition to being an ideal habitat. Established in the year 1977, the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu boasts of rich bio-diversity along with scenic beauty. The Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu sprawls across an area of 667 Sq Km on hilly terrain in the Western Ghats. The Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is a major tourist destination too, drawing visitors from both outside India and also within the country. the flora varieties in the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu range from the deciduous to the evergreen to reed patches. The presence of several small streams coursing their way through the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu further engances its beauty.

The dense and rich flora owes its magnificence to the abundance of rainfall that it receives; which ranges between 1,000 and 4,000 mm in the entire year. The best time to visit the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is between the months of October and January. The Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu organizes small scale safaris and also allows people to go trekking with an additional permission. The Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu houses a wide range of avian fauna within its premises too. Some of the commonly sighted ones are grass warbler, whistling thrust, great pied hornbill, emerald dove, great Indian hornbill, green pigeon, green billed malkhoha, Tickell's flower pecker, fiary blue bird, Rufus wood pecker, hornbill, rose ringed parakeet, great Indian Malabar pied, black eagle, grey headed bulbul and many more. The popularly seen animals that inhabit in the Mundanthurai Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu are Nilgiri martin, bonnet macaque, Nilgiri giant squirrel, langurs, Indian pangolin, slender loris, brown palm civet, wild dog, brown mongoose, tiger, sloth bear, leopard, spotted deer, sambhar, mouse deer and chital. Aside of the animal species there are some exotic reptile and amphibian species like marsh crocodile, monitor lizard, flying lizard, rock python, python, bamboo-pit snake, rat snake, wolf snake, vine snake, common krait, Russell’s viper and a variety of turtles and frogs.

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