Bandipur-Nationalpark

The Bandipur National Park is a national park in the south of India in the district of Chamarajanagar of the State of Karnataka. It covers an area of 874 km ² and is bordered to the north by about 640 km ² Nagarhole National Park and on the south by the Mudumalai Wildlife Reserve, which is about 320 km ². The three reserves, together with the Wynad Wildlife Reserve the largest protected area complex whole of South India.

The area is under protection since 1898, was declared a National Park in 1941 and placed in 1973 as one of 28 Indian tiger reserves under special protection.

Flora

The landscape of the park is diverse and includes hills, cliffs, flat slopes and plateaus. In the north- west of the river Kabini, a tributary of the Kaveri flows. The vegetation consists mainly of open forests and parklands. Here grow teak trees ( Tectona grandis), rosewood ( Dalbergia latifolia ), sandalwood ( Santalum album), Myrobalan ( Terminalia tomentosa) and Pterocarpus marsupium, whose products are used, for example in Ayurvedic medicine.

Teak tree, leaves and fruit ( icon photo)

Leaves of the sandalwood tree ( icon photo)

Bull elephant in natural habitat

Fauna

Bandipur is home to a considerable variety of large mammals. Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, striped hyenas, sloth bears and Asiatic wild dogs are the largest carnivore species in the park dar. In addition, the park has stable populations of Asian elephants and gaur - cattle. Another ungulates occur four horn antelope, sambar, Axishirsche, muntjac, India Kant Chile and wild boar. Many species of birds inhabit the park, including a number of birds of prey such as the hawk eagle.

Gaure

Indian Dhole in the attack on a Sambar

Indian Dhole with prey

Indian Elephant

Langur

Tiger in Bandipur National Park

Wild boar

Mono Hawk-Eagle