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In Tamil Nadu, the breeding season follows the onset of the northeast monsoon. The courtship display of the males involves a distention of the pouch with swinging motions of the head up and down followed by sideways swings followed by the head being held back over the back. Bill claps may also be produced during the head swaying movements.
Scientists found an eight-eyed animal that chases its prey in leaves of Kerala and discovered a new species, a study said. NO. 4: ‘STRANGE’ 8-EYED CREATURE — A SPEEDY HUNTER — FOUND IN ...
Tamil Nadu is known for the diversity of its mammals due to the varying environments that sustain both dry and moist deciduous forests. [4] Notable species include Arboreal animals distributed in its hills, grasslands, mangroves, scrubs and forests. These also include vulnerable species like the Bengal tiger, Nilgiri Tahr, and the lion-tailed ...
This sanctuary is an area of high biodiversity, with 14 mammal species, 18 reptile species and nine amphibian species. The flagship species of the sanctuary is the blackbuck, one of the four antelope species in India and the most numerous large animal in the sanctuary. The population estimate of the blackbuck at Point Calimere more than doubled ...
Tamil Nadu Forest Department www .forests .tn .nic .in /WildBiodiversity /ws _sgsws .html The Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuary ( GSWS ), also known as Srivilliputhur Wildlife Sanctuary , was established in 1988 to protect the Near threatened grizzled giant squirrel ( Ratufa macroura ).
The earliest Elephas species, Elephas ekorensis, is known from the Early Pliocene of East Africa, around 5–4.2 million years ago. [23] The oldest remains of the genus in Asia are known from the Siwalik Hills in the Indian subcontinent, dating to the late Pliocene, around 3.6-3.2 million years ago, assigned to the species Elephas planifrons. [24]
Boiga dightoni whitakeri is a nocturnal, arboreal snake actively seen foraging on bushes and trees at night. This species is endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.It has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Kerala states, from areas such as Devar Mala, Courtallam, Agasthyamalai and Idukki district, i.e., the erstwhile Eranakulam Province.
A bush viper, for example, was likely separated from other vipers for 15 million years, evolving into a completely new species on the sky islands, the study said. Another species of freshwater ...