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Biligiriranga Hills, the Glossary

The Biligirirangana Hills or Biligirirangan Hills (as referred to in biology and geology) is a hill range situated in Chamarajanagar District in south-western Karnataka, at its border with Tamil Nadu (Erode District) in South India.^[1]

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Eastern Ghats
Hill stations in Karnataka
Mountains of Karnataka
Mountains of the Western Ghats
Populated places in the Western Ghats
Protected areas of Karnataka
South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests
Tourist attractions in Chamarajanagar district

Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Asian elephant

The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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Bengal tiger

The Bengal tiger is a population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies and the nominate tiger subspecies.

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Biogeography

Biogeography is the study of the distribution of species and ecosystems in geographic space and through geological time.

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Bovinae

Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large-sized ungulates, including cattle, bison, African buffalo, water buffalos, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes.

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Brown fish owl

The brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) is a fish owl species in the family known as typical owls, Strigidae.

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Cat

The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is a small domesticated carnivorous mammal.

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Chamarajanagar

Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is a town in the southern part of Karnataka, India.

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Chamarajanagar district

Chamarajanagar or Chamarajanagara is the southernmost district in the state of Karnataka, India.

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Charnockite

Charnockite is any orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock formed at high temperature and pressure, commonly found in granulite facies’ metamorphic regions, sensu stricto as an endmember of the charnockite series.

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Chital

The chital or cheetal (Axis axis), also known as the spotted deer, chital deer and axis deer, is a deer species native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Deccan Plateau

The Deccan is a large plateau and region of the Indian subcontinent located between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats, and is loosely defined as the peninsular region between these ranges that is south of the Narmada River.

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Deciduous

In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, after flowering; and to the shedding of ripe fruit.

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Dhole

The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia.

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Eastern Ghats

The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast.

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Erode district

Erode District is one of the 38 districts in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Evergreen

In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year.

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Family (biology)

Family (familia,: familiae) is one of the nine major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy.

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Feces

Feces (or faeces;: faex) are the solid or semi-solid remains of food that was not digested in the small intestine, and has been broken down by bacteria in the large intestine.

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Four-horned antelope

The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), also called chousingha, is a small bovid antelope native to central, South and Western India, along with a smaller population in Nepal.

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French Institute of Pondicherry

The French Institute of Pondicherry (Institut français de Pondichéry) UMIFRE 21 is a French research centre in Puducherry, India, under the joint supervision of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).

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Gaur

The gaur (Bos gaurus) is a bovine native to South Asia and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986.

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Genetic testing

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, is used to identify changes in DNA sequence or chromosome structure.

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Government of Karnataka

The Government of Karnataka, abbreviated as GoK or GOKA, or simply Karnataka Government, formerly Government of Mysore or Government of Mysore State is a democratically elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka.

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Grassland

A grassland is an area where the vegetation is dominated by grasses (Poaceae).

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Kannada

Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), formerly also known as Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states.

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Karnataka

Karnataka (ISO), also known colloquially as Karunāḍu, is a state in the southwestern region of India.

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Kollegal

Kollegala is the Major taluk in the Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka State in the south of India.

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Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri is a city in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, and it serves as the administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District formed in 2004.

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Leopard

The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.

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Male Mahadeshwara Hills

Male Mahadeshwara Betta (Kannada: ಮಲೆ ಮಹದೇಶ್ವರ (also ಮಾದೇಶ್ವರ)) is a pilgrim town located in the Hanur taluk of Chamarajanagar district of southern Karnataka. Biligiriranga Hills and Male Mahadeshwara Hills are mountains of the Western Ghats, south Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests and Tourist attractions in Chamarajanagar district.

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Mammal

A mammal is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia.

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Microhyla sholigari

Microhyla sholigari is a species of microhylid frog endemic to southern India.

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Muntjac

Muntjacs, also known as the barking deer or rib-faced deer, (URL is Google Books) are small deer of the genus Muntiacus native to South Asia and Southeast Asia.

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Mysore

Mysore, officially Mysuru, is the second-most populous city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) was founded in India in December 2005, based on a recommendation put forth by the Tiger Task Force.

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Nilgiri Mountains

The Nilgiri Mountains form a part of the Western Ghats in northwestern Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka and eastern Kerala in South India. Biligiriranga Hills and Nilgiri Mountains are mountains of the Western Ghats.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Petaurista

Petaurista is a genus of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Project Tiger

Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation movement initiated in India to protect the endangered tiger.

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Protected area

Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values.

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Quarry

A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground.

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Riparian zone

A riparian zone or riparian area is the interface between land and a river or stream.

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Sambar deer

The sambar (Rusa unicolor) is a large deer native to the Indian subcontinent, South China and Southeast Asia that is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2008.

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Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve

Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve is a protected area and tiger reserve located along the area straddling both the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats in the Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Shola

Sholas are the local name for patches of stunted tropical montane forest found in valleys amid rolling grassland in the higher montane regions of South India, largely in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Sloth bear

The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent.

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Soliga people

Soliga, also spelled Solega, Sholaga and Shōlaga, is an ethnic group of India.

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South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests

The South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests is a tropical dry forest ecoregion in southern India.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Squirrel

Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-sized rodents.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tehsil

A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.

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Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests

The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes.

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Veerappan

Koose Munusamy Veerappan(Tamil-வீரப்பன்) (18 January 1952 – 18 October 2004) was an Indian poacher, smuggler, domestic terrorist and bandit who was active for 36 years, and kidnapped major politicians for ransom.

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Western Ghats

The Western Ghats, also known as the Sahyadri, is a mountain range that stretches along the western coast of the Indian peninsula.

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White-naped tit

The white-naped tit (Machlolophus nuchalis), sometimes called white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.

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Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for protection of plants and animal species.

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Wildlife corridor

A wildlife corridor, habitat corridor, or green corridor is an area of habitat connecting wildlife populations separated by human activities or structures (such as development, roads, or land clearings), allowing the movement of individuals between populations, that may help prevent negative effects of inbreeding and reduced genetic diversity (via genetic drift) that can occur within isolated populations.

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Yelandur

Yelandur is a taluk and town in Chamarajanagar district in southern Karnataka, India.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biligiriranga_Hills

Also known as B R Hills, BR Hills, Bilgiri Hills, Bilgiri Rangan Hills, Bilgirirangan Hills, Biligiri Ranga Hills, Biligiri Rangana Hills, Biligiri-Ranga Hills, Biligiri-Rangan Hills, Biligirirangan Hills, Biligirirangana hills, Biligirirangans, Biligirirrangan Hills, K Gudi, Kyatha Devara Gudi, Kyathadevara Gudi.

, Soliga people, South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests, South India, Species, Squirrel, Tamil Nadu, Tehsil, Tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, Veerappan, Western Ghats, White-naped tit, Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, Wildlife corridor, Yelandur.

Biligiriranga Hills, the Glossary

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See also

Eastern Ghats

Hill stations in Karnataka

Mountains of Karnataka

Mountains of the Western Ghats

Populated places in the Western Ghats

Protected areas of Karnataka

South Deccan Plateau dry deciduous forests

Tourist attractions in Chamarajanagar district

References