Bandipur National Park

Bandipur National Park
	Elephants crossing a road in Bandipur National Park
Location:	Karnataka , India
Next city:	Chamarajanagar
Surface:	874 km²
Founding:	1941
Address:	www.bandipur.net
	Open forest landscape with axis deer
	Teak tree, leaves and fruits ( symbol photo )
	Leaves of the sandalwood tree ( symbol photo )
	Bull elephant in natural habitat
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The Bandipur National Park is a national park in southern India in the Chamarajanagar district of the state of Karnataka .

It covers an area of 874 km² and borders in the north on the approximately 640 km² large Nagarhole National Park and in the south on the Mudumalai game reserve , which is approximately 320 km² in size. Together with the Wynad Game Reserve, the three reserves form the largest complex of protected areas in all of southern India.

The area has been under protection since 1898, was declared a national park in 1941 and placed under special protection in 1973 as one of 28 Indian tiger reserves.

flora

The landscape of the park is diverse and includes ridges, cliffs, flat slopes and plateaus. The river Kabini , a tributary of the Kaveri, flows to the northwest . The vegetation consists mainly of open forests and park landscapes. Here grow teak trees (Tectona grandis), Rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia), sandalwood (Santalum album), Myrobalan (Terminalia tomentosa) and Pterocarpus marsupium , whose products, for example in the Ayurveda be used -Medicine.

fauna

Bandipur is home to a remarkable variety of large mammals. Bengal tigers , Indian leopards , striped hyenas , sloth bears and Asiatic wild dogs are the largest predators in the park. The park also has stable populations of Asian elephants and gaur -Rindern. As another ungulates are four horn antelope , sambar , spotted deer , barking deer , India Kant Chile and wild boars before. Numerous bird species populate the park, including a number of birds of prey, such as the Bonelli's eagle .

photos

Axis deer
Gaure
Indian red dog attacking a sambar deer
Indian red dog with prey
Asian bull elephant
Langur
Tiger in Bandipur National Park
Wild boars
Monochrome crested eagle

literature

KK Gurung & Raj Singh: Field Guide to the Mammals of the Indian Subcontinent , Academic Press, San Diego, ISBN 0-12-309350-3
William Riley, Laura Riley: Nature's Strongholds. The World's Great Wildlife Reserves. Princeton University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-691-12219-9

Web links

Commons : Bandipur National Park - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Homepage of the Bandipur National Park