Flora and fauna of Karnataka is like a multi-cuisine platter! The wide range of flora and fauna in Karnataka are indeed a source of delight for the tourists.
The geography of Karnataka boasts of a wide variety of flora and fauna that are spread throughout its length and breadth. In Karnataka, one can find many varieties of mammals, birds, a wide range of insects, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, etc.
The state animal of Karnataka is Indian Elephant and the state bird is Indian Roller. Further, the state tree is Sandalwood (Santallum album); whereas the state flower is Lotus.
Some of the important mammals that constitute the flora and fauna of Karnataka are:
- panther
- leopard
- sambar
- wild pig
- elephants
- sloth bear
- spotted deer
- common langur
- bonnet macaque
- porcupine
- leopard cats
- rusty spotted cat
- Asiatic wild dog, etc.
The flora and fauna of Karnataka is incomplete without a reference to the birds. Varieties of birds are found here, such as:
- peacock
- herons
- storks
- lapwings
- bonnet macaque
- Malabar trogon
- great pied hornbill
- Malabar whistling thrush
- imperial pegion, etc.
- Anogeissus latifolia
- Terminalia tomentosa
- Grewia tilaefolia
- Santalun album
- Shorea talura
- Emblica officinals, etc.
- Flora:
- Paracautleya bhatii
- Isachne veldkampii
- Cosmarium deskikacharyi, etc.
- Fauna:
- Dilobocondyla bangalorica
- Disconthyrea sringerensis
- Batasio sharavatiensis, etc.
