FLORA and FAUNA
Animals
Barking deer (Mount jack)   Nilgiri langur   Tiger
Indian porcupine   Civet   Leopard
Three stripped Squirrel   Panther   Rabbit
Mouse deer (Indian chevrotain)   Hanuman langur   Fox
Indian pangolin (ant eater)   Ruddy mongoose   Elk
Stripe naked mongoose   Lion tailed macaque   Gaur
Indian elephant (Eliphus maximus)   Sambar deer   Lion
Nilgiri tahr – Mountain goat (Hemitagas hylocres)   Wild dog   Flying squirrel
Malabar giant squirrel   Sloth bear   Bison
Giant grizzled squirrel   Wild boar   Jungle cat
Bonnet macaque            

Fishes
Masheer (game fish of India)   Long whiskered catfish (Koori)
Orange chromide (Pallathy)   Banded perlspot (Karimeen)
Bald Glassy Perchlet (Nandhan)   Stiped snake head (Varal)
Tiger & Jumbo Prowns (Konchu)   Prowns (Chemmeen)
Red snapper (Yeri)   Kooli Barb (Vatta)
Sleeper Goby (Poolan)   Crab (Njandu)


Plant
Teak (tectona grandis) – 1st teak plantation & museum in the world
Podocarpus wallichianus – the only south Indian conifer
Neelakurinji (strobilanthus) – bloom in every 12 year- grows in cluster in the hillside- next bloom in 2006AD
Sandalwood
So many verities of medicinal herbs
Orchids
Elephant grass (Cympopogon Species)
Orchids – Oberonia bisaccata, Liparis indiraii, Erialiagii Ipsia malabarica
Bamboo

Birds
Little green heron Hoopoe   Little egret
Braminy kite Black- winged kite   Black- necked stork
Cuckoo Common snipe   Jungle nightjar
Grey drongo Malabar trogon   Large pied wagtail
Jungle babbler Robin   Baya sparrow
Crimson- throated barbet Sunbird   Malabar shama
Bee-eater Fairy blue bird   Night heron
Grey headed fishing eagle Bonellis hawk eagle   Shaheen falcon
Indian black- crested baza House martin   Short – eared owl
Rufous bellied hawk eagle Malay bittern   Black eagle
Peninsular scops owl Lessor adjutant stork   Peshwa’s bat
Black- capped kingfisher Hairy – winged bat   Ceylon frog- moth
Rose-ringed and blue
winged parakeet		 Malabar gray-hornbill   Woodpecker
Laughing thrush Peacock   Rose-billed roller
Black bulbul Myna   Jungle fowl
Kingfisher Peafowl   Skylark
Crane Water hen   Parrots
Stork Raptor   Cormorant
Grackle          

Migrating Birds
Tern Gull   Heron
Sandpiper Whimbrel   Siberian stork
Egret Teal   Darter
Grey plover Downlin   Bar-tailed godwit
Black-tailed godwit Greatnot   Evosite
Laser black beaked gull Oystercatcher   Sandwich tern
Open bill stork          

Reptiles
Tortoise Crocodile   Pond terrapin
Cane turtle Chameleon   Crocodile
Monitor lizard          

Snakes
Rat snake Flying snake   Vine snake
King cobra Cobra   Viper
Water snakes Python   Tree snake
Krait          

Amphibians
Malabar gliding frog Indian toad   Fungoid frog
Otter- the only mammal of
the lake		 Bicoloured frog   Dolphin
Water animals like mussel,
crab, prawn, lobster, octopus 		Various spiders   Butterflies and moths

Domestic animals
Cow Dog   Goat
Buffalo Cat   Rabbit
Squirrel          

Moth
Atlas moth -- largest moth in the world
Travancore evening brown – rarest butterflies in the world

Trees - Forest
Vateria indica (vellapine) Dipeterocarpus indicus (Kalpine)
Plaquium ellipticum (Palai) Atrocrpus Birsuta (Aini)
Hopea Parviflora(Thambakom) Dalbergia latifolia (Rosewood)
Tetrameles nudiflora (Vellacheeni) Salmalia Malabarica (Ellavu)
Santalam album (Sandal wood) Cullani exelsa (Karayani)
Anogeissur latifolia (Mazhukanjiram) Tamarindus indica (Tamarind)
Terminalia arjuna (Nirmaruthu) Pongamia globra (Pongau)
Largerstroemia lanceolata (Venthekku) Tectona grandis (Teak)
Cassia fistula (Konna) Terminalia bellerica (Thanni)
Emblica officianalis (Nelli)