Established in 1973, the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary is contiguous to
the protected area network of Nagarhole and Bandipore of Karnataka and
Mudumalai of Tamilnadu.
Wayanad
Wildlife Sanctuary, 15 kms from Calicut is bisected by a tract of
cultivated land into two distinct parts. One falls in the Kozhikode
District and the other in the Kannur District. Wayanad literally means
the 'land of swamps'.
Rich in bio-diversity, the sanctuary is an integral part of the nilgiri
biosphere reserve, which has been established with the chief objective
of conserving the biological heritage of the region.
The sanctuary has excellent moist deciduous teak forests and marshes
dominated by bamboo and other grasses. These forests are also said to be
amongst the most extensively forested belts in the Indian Peninsula.
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