{"id":374802,"date":"2026-10-31T16:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=374802"},"modified":"2026-10-31T16:30:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T11:00:35","slug":"talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><b>News:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Forest department personnel from the anti-poaching camp launched a search operation and\u00a0arrested \u201ceight poachers\u201d inside the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><b>About Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_374804\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374804\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-374804\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karnataka-map-showing-the-study-sites.webp?resize=263%2C370&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\" Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary\" width=\"263\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karnataka-map-showing-the-study-sites.webp?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karnataka-map-showing-the-study-sites.webp?resize=727%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 727w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Karnataka-map-showing-the-study-sites.webp?w=744&amp;ssl=1 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374804\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Research Gate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary<\/strong> is located in the <\/span><b>Kodagu district of Karnataka.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It borders the <\/span><b>Ranipuram and Kottencheri hills of Kasaragod district in Kerala.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Establishment Year:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary in <\/span><b>1987.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Area:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is spread over about <\/span><b>105.01 sq. km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>River associated:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is <strong>named after Talakaveri<\/strong>, <\/span>the <b>origin of the Cauvery River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which lies on the <strong>eastern edge of the sanctuary<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The origin of the <\/span><b>River Cauvery is a place of religious importance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><b>the people of Kodagu.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Vegetation: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It consists mainly of<\/span><b> tropical dense evergreen and semi-evergreen forest with a unique shola ecosystem.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>few coffee and cardamom plantations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are also located within the sanctuary.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Flora:<\/b> Artocarpus lakoocha, Mesua ferrea, Pallaquim ellipticum, Dysoxylum malabaricum, Hopea parviflora and Dipterocarpus indicus<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 etc are found here.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Cane, bamboo and shrubs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as Strobilanthes, Leea sambucina and Pandanus are also found.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Fauna:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The sanctuary is home to <\/span><b>endangered species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>Tiger, Asiatic Elephant, Malabar Civet, Gaur, Sambar, Barking Deer and Lion-tailed Macaque.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other notable species include <\/span><b>Slender Loris, Brown Palm Civet, Leopard Cat, Nilgiri Marten, Wild Dog, Travancore Flying Squirrel, King Cobra and Indian Rock Python.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Birds:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The sanctuary is an <\/span><b>Important Bird Area in the Western Ghats, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting endemic species such as <\/span><b>Malabar Pied Hornbill, Malabar Trogon, Malabar Whistling Thrush and Nilgiri Flycatcher.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Butterflies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It also harbours <\/span><b>endemic and endangered butterflies, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">including <\/span><b>Malabar Banded Peacock, Paris Peacock, Malabar Raven and Malabar Banded Swallowtail.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Forest department personnel from the anti-poaching camp launched a search operation and\u00a0arrested \u201ceight poachers\u201d inside the Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary. About Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Kodagu district of Karnataka.\u00a0 It borders the Ranipuram and Kottencheri hills of Kasaragod district in Kerala. Establishment Year: It was declared a Wildlife Sanctuary&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/talacauvery-wildlife-sanctuary\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Talacauvery Wildlife Sanctuary<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10645],"class_list":["post-374802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-deccan-herald","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}