Top 10 Wild Animals Found in Eastern Ghats Landscape
The Eastern Ghats mountains range pass through the states of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. Four major rivers of peninsular India – Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna and Kaveri are also flowing through the Eastern Ghats and nurturing the wilderness.
Highest Peak of Eastern Ghats ?
Zindagad Konda 1,690 metres (5,540 ft) is the highest peak of Eastern Ghats- in Andhra Pradesh.
Deomali 1,672 m (5,486 ft) Deomali is the second highest mountain peak Eastern Ghats and highest peak of Odisha, followed by Mahendragiri (1,501 m).
Bengal Tiger ! Black Tiger
Tigers of the Eastern Ghats include from states of Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Tamil Nadu and Orissa.
Tiger Reserves in Eastern Ghats include Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and Black Tigers of Similipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha.
Indian Leopard ! Black Leopard ! Black Panther
Eastern Ghats landscape has the largest number of leopards and one of the major forest corridors within the Central India and Eastern Ghats.
Black Panther is also spotted in various forests of Odisha, black leopards or melanistic leopards.
Indian Elephant
The wild elephant population in the eastern ghats of India has increased in 2024.
Odisha is one of the top 5 landscapes for wild elephants in India and alone house a total of 2,098 elephants.
King Cobra
King Cobra of the Eastern Ghats are an apex predator of the forest in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
King Cobra is one of the rare species of Eastern Ghats, along with snake species like common bridal snake, trinket snake, cat snake, bamboo pit viper and slender coral snake.
Scaly Anteater ! Indian Pangolin
Indian Pangolins are known as scaly anteaters, found in some part of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh.
One of the Most Trafficked Mammal of India and at the Brink of Extinction, Chinese Pangolin being another species.
Indian Python
Odisha and Andhra Pradesh states of Eastern Ghats Landscape are home to large number of pythons.
Andhra Pradesh State Forest recently reported Leucistic Indian Rock Python, A 14-feet long Burmese python in Koundinya wildlife sanctuary.
Bengal Monitor
Bengal Monitor is a common species of monitor lizard found in Indian subcontinent. Mugger crocodile, Indian flapshell turtle and Indian rock python are some of the 100 species of Reptiles found in the Eastern Ghats.
Mugger Crocodile
Mugger Crocodile inhabits freshwater lakes and rivers, native to the Indian subcontinent. The mugger crocodile overlaps with the saltwater crocodile in Bhitarkanika mangroves of Eastern Ghats landscape.
Fishing Cat
The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat discontinuously distributed in Indian states from coastal to wetland.
Wild Cats of the Eastern Ghats –
Some parts of the Eastern Ghats in Andhra landscape is also home to lesser known and neglected small wild cat species including Jungle Cat, Rusty-spotted cat, Leopard Cat and Fishing Cat.
Southern Indian Jackal
Sri Lankan jackal known as the Southern Indian jackal, A subspecies of golden jackal and found through the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats.
Mammals found in the Easter Ghats include the Madras treeshrew, Indian boar and Asian palm civet.
Bhitarkanika National Park, Simlipal National Park, Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary and Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary are rarest eco-regions of Eastern Ghats in India.
