Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Context: Forest officials in the Anamalai Tiger Reserve (ATR) rescued a wild elephant calf who was found separated from the herd

About Anamalai Tiger Reserve:

- Location:
        The Anamalai Tiger Reserve is a protected area situated at an elevation of 1400 m in the Anamalai Hills within Pollachi and Coimbatore Districts of Tamil Nadu. Positioned to the south of the Palakkad gap in the Southern Western Ghats, the reserve is bordered by the Parambikulum Tiger Reserve to the East, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, and Eravikulum National Park to the South-West.
        Additionally, it is surrounded by the reserved forests of Nenmara, Vazhachal, Malayattur, and Marayur in Kerala.
        Designated as a Tiger reserve in 2007.

  - Habitat:
        The Anamalai Tiger Reserve encompasses diverse habitat types, including wet evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous, dry deciduous, dry thorn, and shola forests.
        Unique habitats like montane grasslands, savannah, and marshy grasslands are also present

  - Flora:
        The reserve hosts around 2500 species of angiosperms, featuring various species of Balsam, Crotalaria, Orchids, and Kurinchi.
        Rich in wild relatives of cultivated species such as mango, jackfruit, wild plantain, ginger (Zingiber officinale), turmeric, pepper (Piper longum), cardamom, etc.
  - Fauna:
Notable wildlife within the reserve includes Tiger, Asiatic elephant, Sambar, Spotted deer, Barking deer, Jackal, Leopard, Jungle cat, and more.