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Anamalai
Tiger
Reserve
is
carved
out
of
the
Tamil
Nadu
portion
of
the
Anamalais.
The
Tamil
Nadu
part
of
the
reserve
is
called
as
Anamalai
Tiger
Reserve
(ATR).
It
lies
South
of
the
Palakkad
gap
in
the
Southern
Western
Ghats.
Geographically
it
is
located
between
the
longitudes
76o
and
77o
E
and
latitudes
10o
and
10o
N.
The
Anamalai
Tiger
Reserve
falls
within
the
Western
Ghats
mountain
chain
of
South
West
India,
a
region
designated
as
one
of
25
Global
Biodiversity
Hotspots.
The
biogeographical
classification
of
the
country
includes
Western
Ghats
which
are
considered
as
one
of
eight
āhottest
hot
spotsā.
The
Tiger
Reserve
falls
in
four
revenue
taluks
namely;
Pollachi,
and
Valparai
of
Coimbatore
district
and
Udumalpet
of
Tiruppur
District
and
Kodaikanal
taluk
in
Dindigul
district
in
the
State
of
Tamilnadu.
The
official
headquarters
of
Anamalai
Tiger
Reserve
is
at
Pollachi.
Administratively,
it
falls
under
the
Tamilnadu
Forest
Department.
The
Anamalai
Tiger
Reserve
possesses
diverse
fauna
and
flora,
well
representative
of
the
region.
The
Tiger
Reserve
supports
diverse
habitat
types
viz.
Wet
evergreen
forests,
semi
evergreen
forests,
moist
deciduous,
dry
deciduous,
dry
thorn
and
shola
forests.
Other
unique
habitats
like
montane
grass
lands,
savannah
and
marshy
grass
lands
are
also
present.
Considerable
extent
of
man-made
teak
plantations,
exotics
like
eucalyptus,
wattle,
pines
and
deep
fresh
water
ecosystem
created
by
the
construction
of
Parambikulam
Aliyar
Project
dams
etc,
add
to
the
diversity
of
the
place.
The
endemism
of
the
vegetation
is
very
rich
in
the
Tiger
Reserve.
There
is
a
long
list
of
red,
endangered
and
threatened
species
of
plants
(ā„
39)
distributed
and
well
protected
in
the
Tiger
Reserve,
The
diversity
of
bamboos,
canes,
reeds,
palms
is
also
unique
and
interesting.
Rich
diversity
of
ferns
including
tree
ferns
with
endemic
elements
is
noticed.
The
Tiger
Reserve
supports
healthy
population
of
several
endangered
wild
animals
(Fishes
ā„
70
species,
Amphibians
ā„
70
species,
Reptiles
ā„
120
species,
Birds
ā„
300
species,
Mammals
>=
80
species.
The
presence
of
more
than
25
tigers
underscores
the
healthiness
of
this
eco
system.
Anaimalais
is
worth
to
be
designated
as
āAnthropological
Reserveā
as
it
supports
6
indigenous
people
viz.
Malasar,
Malai
malasars,
Kadars,
Eravallars,
Pulayars
and
Muduvars.
This
is
very
unique
in
the
entire
Tamil
Nadu
and
probably
the
only
Tiger
Reserve
with
diverse
groups
of
indigenous
people.
The
Parambikulam
ā
Aliyar
Project
and
Amaravathy
dam
housed
in
the
Anaimalais,
play
a
vital
role
in
the
regional
economy
by
providing
water
and
power.
The
agricultural
prosperity
of
the
plains
in
Pollachi,
Udumalpet
and
hilly
taluk
of
Valparai,
adjoining
areas
in
Erode
district,
depends
very
much
on
this
Tiger
Reserve.
Besides
that
one
Eco
shop
run
by
the
EDC
is
functioning
at
Topslip.
Souvenirs
like
T-shirts,
Caps,
Eucalyptus
oil,
Lemongrass
oil,
Etc.,
are
available
at
the
shop.
Tourists
desirous
of
getting
the
items
Souvenirs
can
do
so
by
payment
of
the
required
cost.
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