Fauna
The large areas of remaining forest on the plateau are still home to a variety of grazing animals from the Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis, chinkara (Gazella bennettii) and blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) to the large Gaur and Wild water buffalo (Bubalus arnee), and most importantly the tigers (Panthera tigris) that prey on them as well as the Dhole(wild dog) (Cuon alpinus), Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) and other carnivores. In total the area is home to nearly ninety mammal species. Some of the larger species mentioned here are rare as is the threatened Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica). The 300 species of birds include the globally threatened Jerdon's Courser, which was rediscovered in 1986 having been thought extinct for nearly a hundred years.
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