Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is situated in the Anamalai Hills of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It was declared a Project Tiger Reserve in 2008, and is under consideration by UNESCO to be named the Western Ghats World Heritage Site. The area is 958 sq. km. This region is a home to some threatened and endangered animals such as Bengal tiger, Indian elephant, Nilgiri tahr and lion-tailed macaque, brown mongoose, gaur, Malabar spiny dormouse, Nilgiri langur, rusty-spotted cat, sambar deer, sloth bear and smooth-coated otter.
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The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park is situated in the Anamalai Hills of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It was declared a Project Tiger Reserve in 2008, and is under consideration by UNESCO to be named the Western Ghats World Heritage Site. The area is 958 sq. km. This region is a home to some threatened and endangered animals such as Bengal tiger, Indian elephant, Nilgiri tahr and lion-tailed macaque, brown mongoose, gaur, Malabar spiny dormouse, Nilgiri langur, rusty-spotted cat, sambar deer, sloth bear and smooth-coated otter.