Bandipur and Bandhavgarh National Park Vedant Shivaramakrishnan

Established under Project Tiger in 1974.

In Karnataka, INDIA

Maharaja of Mysore owned it

HUGE AREA 874 sq. kms

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.

Reptiles:

Cobra, Viper, Python, Flying Lizards etc.

Plants and Trees:

Teak Sandalwood, Bamboo, Gooseberry,

Indigo berry, and more

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

Colour: Males dark brown, Females rust coloured with white colour legs

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.

Length: 8.3 feet to 12 feet

Weight: 1000-1500kg

Tail length: 70-100cm

Horn length: 3.5feet

Colour: Yellowish-brown to dark grey coloured shaggy coat

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

Height: 102 to 160cm

Weight: 546 kg

Tail length: 22-35 cm

Antlers length: 110 cmKingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

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

Height: 55 to 64cm

Weight: 22 kg

Colour: Yellow-brown to reddish coloured coat fading to whitish colour on the underparts & insides of legs

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

Height: 60 to 90 cm

Weight: 130 kg

Body length: 1.4-1.9 m

Colour: Black long, shaggy coats forming a mane around the face with long sickle shaped claws, with adapted lower lip & palate for sucking insects.

Food Habits:Sloth bears are expert hunters of termites, honeybee colonies, partial to mangoes, sugarcane & jackfruit. Extremely fond of honey.

Amazing Facts:Excellent climbersThey gallop faster than running humansGood swimmers

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

Height: 20 to 30 cm

Weight: 56-175 g

Speed: 24km/hr

Colour: Black, brown, grey with furry, stretchy membrane that stretches between front & back legs and a stubby flattened tail.

Food Habits:

Flying squirrels are omnivorous & harvest fruits nuts, fungi & bird eggs.

Amazing Facts:

Highly developed sense of smell

Glide very fast

Established 1968.

In Madhya Pradesh, INDIA

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

Birds:

200+ different birds – Egrets, Kingfisher,

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

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.

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.

Length: 270 - 310 cm

Weight: 221 kg

Tail length: 85 -110 cm

Colour: very similar to grey wolf with fur’s base colour as golden

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.

Length: 100cm

Height: 35-45 cm

Weight: 8-11 kg

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Mammalia

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

Body length: 36 – 45 cm

Weight: 0.9 -1.7 kg

Tail length: 45 cm

Colour: Medium sized tawny or yellowish grey with lighter underside, darker feet & darker red tail tip.They have reddish tint to their heads.

Kingdom: Animalia

Class: Aves

Height: 55 -75 cm

Wingspan: 123 – 165 cm

Weight: 420 – 1800 gm

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.

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

Length: 194 -210 mm

Wingspan: 113 – 129 mm

Weight: 65.5 – 81 gm

Colour: Bright blue back, wings & tail. Head, shoulders, flanks & lower belly are chestnut, throat & breast are white, long pointed bill & legs bright red.

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.

Vedant Shivaramakrishnan

III A, GIIS Chinchwad Pune