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    There are five national parks and 17 sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu that serve as homes for the diverse wildlife found in the state. Tamil Nadu has established several protected areas to preserve its environment and the many species of fauna native to the varied terrain and climate. As part of an international network of biosphere reserves, Tamil Nadu receives recognition and funding to support conservation efforts of the over 2000 species found within its borders.

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    There are five national parks and 17 sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu that serve as homes for the diverse wildlife found in the state. Tamil Nadu has established several protected areas to preserve its environment and the many species of fauna native to the varied terrain and climate. As part of an international network of biosphere reserves, Tamil Nadu receives recognition and funding to support conservation efforts of the over 2000 species found within its borders.

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    There are five national parks and 17 sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu that serve as homes for the diverse wildlife found in the state. Tamil Nadu has established several protected areas to preserve its environment and the many species of fauna native to the varied terrain and climate. As part of an international network of biosphere reserves, Tamil Nadu receives recognition and funding to support conservation efforts of the over 2000 species found within its borders.

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    There are more than 2000 species of fauna small Indian civet

    that can be found in Tamil Nādu This rich


    wildlife is attributed to the diverse relief Asian palm civet
    features as well as favorable climate and small Indian mongoose
    vegetation in the Indian state. Recognizing
    the state's role in preserving the current blackbuck
    environment, the state government has
    established several wildlife and bird chital
    sanctuaries as well as national parks, which
    Nilgiri marten
    entail stringent protective measures. Tamil
    Nadu is also included in the International Travancore flying squirrel
    Network of Biosphere Reserves, which
    facilitates international recognition and grizzled giant squirrel
    additional funding. There are five national
    parks and 17 sanctuaries that serve as Indian giant flying squirrel
    homes to the wildlife.
    Indian palm squirrel

    black-naped hare
    Bengal tiger
    grey slender loris
    Asian elephant
    Indian pangolin
    Indian leopard
    Malabar spiny dormouse
    sloth bear
    Bengal fox
    gaur
    smooth-coated otter
    Manjampatti white bison
    Asian small-clawed otter
    wild boar
    bare-bellied hedgehog
    lion-tailed macaque
    Indian crested porcupine
    Nilgiri langur

    gray langur
    Birds
    bonnet macaque
    See also: List of birds of Tamil Nadu
    four-horned antelope

    dhole
    Endangered Nilgiri laughing thrush
    honey badger
    Birds found in Tamil Nadu include:
    tree shrew

    sambar deer
    Malabar trogon
    mouse deer
    Malabar pied hornbill
    Indian muntjac
    Nilgiri Wood-pigeon
    jungle cat
    Nilgiri laughing thrush
    leopard cat
    peregrine falcon
    Bonelli's eagle open-billed stork

    dollarbird spoonbill

    Nilgiri pipit white ibis

    little spiderhunter little grebe

    white-bellied shortwing Indian moorhen

    little ringed plover black-winged stilt

    Indian swiftlet There are also a few migratory ducks and


    occasionally a grey pelican.
    white-bellied treepie

    white-bellied woodpecker

    green imperial pigeon

    Nilgiri flycatcher

    great eared nightjar

    grey junglefowl
    Jammu and Kashmir is known for its scenic
    heart-spotted woodpecker
    beauty and for its rich and diverse animal
    peafowl and plant life. Leopards, bears, deer, yaks,
    the black-necked crane, and the golden eagle
    grey-fronted green pigeon are some of the animals and birds found in
    wood sandpiper Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh. In recent
    years, the population of some of the animals
    vernal hanging parrot native to Kashmir has declined.
    Malabar parakeet

    white-browed bulbul

    stork-billed kingfisher

    grey-headed fish-eagle

    brown-capped pygmy woodpecker

    black-and-orange flycatcher

    brown-headed barbet

    blue-bearded bee-eater

    broad-tailed grassbird

    cormorant

    darter

    heron

    egret

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