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Indian wild asses graze between dawn and dusk. The animal feeds on grass, leaves and fruits of plant, crop, Prosopis pods, and saline vegetation. It is one of the fastest of Indian animals, with speeds clocked at about 70 – 80 km. per hour and can easily outrun a jeep.
Indian elephant in Masinagudi, Tamil Nadu. 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.
Many animals are domesticated in India, and seeing them in the streets of villages and even cities is common. Bovines include the zebu, which descended from the extinct Indian aurochs, the domestic water buffalo, the gayal, which is a domesticated gaur, and in the northern regions domestic yak, which descended from the also native wild yak.
Desert yellow bat (Scotoecus pallidus) (Dobson, 1876) Harlequin bat (Scotomanes ornatus) (Dobson, 1871) Greater Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus heathii) (Horsfield, 1831) Lesser Asiatic yellow bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) Leach, 1821; Lesser bamboo bat (Tylonycteris pachypus) (Temminck, 1840) Parti-coloured bat (Vespertilio murinus) Linnaeus, 1758
The invention of the Jeep changed the method of hunting and it became extremely easy for hunters to chase bustards down in their open semi-desert habitats. [3] The name hoom is used in parts of Maharashtra and is derived from the low booming call. The sharp barking alarm call leads to its name of hookna in some parts of northern India. [4]
The species name was apparently derived from the occurrence in the state/province of the Tamil people of southeastern India. It was later often referred to the genera Buthus or Mesobuthus , although it was already correctly placed in Hottentotta by A. A. Birula in 1914, [ 6 ] a referral that was confirmed again by F. Kovařík in 2007. [ 1 ]
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Mudumalai National Park is a national park in the Nilgiri Mountains in Tamil Nadu in southern India. It covers 321 km 2 (124 sq mi) at an elevation range of 850–1,250 m (2,790–4,100 ft) in the Nilgiri District and shares boundaries with the states of Karnataka and Kerala.