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  • 14 September, 2025

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Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

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  • A 12-year-old tigress, which was sick and found roaming near the forest boundary in the Singara forest range of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve, died recently.

About Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR)

  • Location: Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, covering 321 sq. km.

  • Geographical Significance: Located at the tri-junction of Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.

  • Part of: Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve — the first biosphere reserve in India.

  • Boundaries:

    • West: Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary (Kerala)

    • North: Bandipur Tiger Reserve (Karnataka)

    • South & East: Nilgiris North Division

    • South-West: Gudalur Forest Division

  • Terrain: Undulating hills with elevation ranging from 960m to 1266m.

  • Name Meaning: ‘Mudumalai’ means “the ancient hill range”, dating back 65 million years.

Habitat and Flora

  • Diverse habitats: tropical evergreen, moist deciduous, moist and dry teak forests, secondary grasslands, and swamps (Vayals).

  • Moyar River flows through the reserve.

  • Flora includes tall “Elephant Grass,” giant bamboo, and valuable timber like teak and rosewood.

  • Home to wild relatives of cultivated plants such as wild rice, ginger, turmeric, and cinnamon.

Fauna

  • Hosts elephants, gaur, sambar deer, four-horned antelope, spotted and barking deer, blackbuck, wild pig, mouse deer, and predators like tigers, leopards, and wild dogs.

  • Approximately 8% of India’s bird species found here.

  • The Theppakadu Elephant Camp inside MTR was the filming location for the Oscar-winning documentary ‘Elephant Whisperers’.

Source: THE HINDU

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  • 18 June, 2020

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Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

Mudumalai Tiger Reserve

  • Mudumalai Tiger Reserve (MTR) is situated at the tri-junction of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
  • The reserve straddles the Ooty -Mysore interstate national highway.
  • It is contiguous with Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary on the west, and Bandipur Tiger Reserve on the north.

  • The Moyar river flows downstream into the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and is the natural line of division between Mudumalai and Bandipur Sanctuary.
  • The MTR also forms part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
  • The Reserve has tall grasses, commonly referred to as “Elephant Grass”, Bamboos of the giant variety, and valuable timber species like Teak, Rosewood.
  • The fauna found in the region are Tiger, Elephant, Indian Gaur, Panther, Barking Deer, Malabar Giant Squirrel Hyena etc.,
  • Sathayamangalam, Kalakkad Mudunthurai and Anamalai are the other tiger reserves in the state of Tamil Nadu.

Source: TH


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