Flora and Fauna:
Riverine and dry deciduous forests with some patches of
scrub forest.
Mammals:
They include the tiger, leopard, elephant, wild boar,
sambar, spotted deer, barking deer, four-horned antelope,
Malabar giant squirrel, grizzled giant squirrel, common
otter and the hare.
Reptiles:
The marsh crocodiles, turtles, python, cobra, Russell's
viper, and the banded krait are found here.
Birds:
The Sirkeer cuckoo, green-billed malkoha, white-browed
bulbul and the pigmy woodpecker are found here. The sanctuary
is also famed for the endangered Mahseer fish.
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