The sanctuary houses Elephants, Gaur, Banner, Macaque, Common
Langur, Tigers, Leopards, Chital, Panther, Sloth Bear, Python,
Barking Deer, Four Horned Antelope, Otter, Crocodiles (Mugger),
Giant Flying Squirrel, Sambar, Hyena, Wild Dog, Wild Boar, Mouse
Deer, Spotted Deer, Jackal, Hare, Porcupine and Mongoose. There
are innumerable birds in the sanctuary like Peacock, Grey Jungle
Fowl, Red Spur Fowl, Grey Partridge Quails, Goggle Eyed Plower,
Malabar Whistling Thrush, Large Racket-Tailed Dronge, the Magpie-robin,
Spotted Babbler, Small Green Barbet, Green Pigeons, Brown Dove,
Malabar Grey Hornbill, Bulbuls, Mynahs, etc. The carnivorous avians
include Eagles, Hawks, Buzzards, Harriers, Falcons and King Vulture.
The migratory birds are wonderful to look at as they as so many
in numbers and of varied choices.
Nagarhole, the beautiful weekend getaway location lies in the
southern part of India and has a sultry temperature for the year
long except the mild winters. The summer is followed from March
to May with an average temperature of 33°C. Summer is followed
by a wet monsoon, which begins from June and lasts till September.
The rainfall in the monsoons average at around 1300mm - 1800 mm.
The soothing winter spans for four months, from November to February
with an average temperatures at around 14° C.