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Guindy National Park

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Guindy National Park is a Protected area of Tamil Nadu, located in Chennai, South India, is the 8th smallest National Park of India and one of the very few national parks situated inside a city. [1]

130 relations: American robin, Anna Salai, Anna University, Annona squamosa, Ant, Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Asian koel, Asian openbill, Azadirachta indica, Behavioral enrichment, Bengal monitor, Biodiversity, Birding in Chennai, Black kite, Black-rumped flameback, Black-winged kite, Blackbuck, Blue-faced malkoha, Bonnet macaque, Borassus flabellifer, Butterfly, C. Rajagopalachari, Cancer Institute (WIA), Carissa spinarum, Central Zoo Authority of India, Chameleon, Chennai, Chennai Central railway station, Chennai district, Chennai Egmore railway station, Chennai International Airport, Chennai Snake Park Trust, Chennai Suburban Railway, Chital, City, Cockatiel, Cormorant, Coromandel Coast, Crab, Crested honey buzzard, Crocodile, Deccan thorn scrub forests, Drongo, Earthworm, East Deccan dry evergreen forests, Endangered species, Ex situ conservation, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, Game reserve, Garganey, ..., Gecko, Grasshopper, Gray langur, Great egret, Greater coucal, Grey partridge, Guindy railway station, Hedgehog, Hyena, In situ, Index of conservation articles, India, Indian hare, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Indian palm squirrel, Indian paradise flycatcher, Indian peafowl, Indian star tortoise, Intermediate egret, Jackal, K. Kamaraj, Kasturba Nagar railway station, King cobra, Limonia acidissima, List of governors of Tamil Nadu, List of national parks of India, List of Rutaceae genera, Lizard, Lonchura, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Mahatma Gandhi, Millipede, Minivet, Mite, Mongoose, Near-threatened species, Night heron, Otter, Pangolin, Paradoxurus, Parakeet, Parks in Chennai, Parrot, Pond heron, Porcupine, Protected areas of Tamil Nadu, Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary, Pythonidae, Quail, Raj Bhavan (Chennai), Red-crested pochard, Red-wattled lapwing, Reptile, Reserve forest, Rhesus macaque, Sambar deer, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai, Scorpion, Senegalia chundra, Shrike, Slug, Small Indian civet, Snail, Snake, South India, Spider, Spot-billed pelican, Stone-curlew, Tailorbird, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Forest Department, Teal, Termite, Tortoise, Tyrannosaurus, Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary, Viperidae, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife Institute of India, Yellow-wattled lapwing. Expand index (80 more) »

American robin

The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird of the true thrush genus and Turdidae, the wider thrush family.

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Anna Salai

Anna Salai, formerly known as St.

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Anna University

Anna University is a state technical university in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Annona squamosa

Annona squamosa is a small, well-branched tree or shrub from the family Annonaceae that bears edible fruits called sugar-apples or sweetsops.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Arignar Anna Zoological Park

Arignar Anna Zoological Park (abbreviated AAZP), also known as the Vandalur Zoo, is a zoological garden located in Vandalur, a suburb in the southwestern part of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, about from the city centre and from Chennai Airport.

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Asian koel

The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes.

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Asian openbill

The Asian openbill or Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.

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Azadirachta indica

Azadirachta indica, commonly known as neem, nimtree or Indian lilac, is a tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae.

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Behavioral enrichment

Behavioral enrichment (also referred to as environmental enrichment) is an animal husbandry principle that seeks to enhance the quality of captive animal care by identifying and providing the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physiological well-being.

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Bengal monitor

The Bengal monitor (Varanus bengalensis) or common Indian monitor, is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over the Indian Subcontinent, as well as parts of Southeast Asia and West Asia.

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Biodiversity

Biodiversity, a portmanteau of biological (life) and diversity, generally refers to the variety and variability of life on Earth.

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Birding in Chennai

Housing more than 200 resident and wintering bird species, Chennai (formerly known as Madras) has long been a haven for bird watchers.

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Black kite

The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors.

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Black-rumped flameback

The black-rumped flameback (Dinopium benghalense), also known as the lesser golden-backed woodpecker or lesser goldenback, is a woodpecker found widely distributed in the Indian subcontinent.

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Black-winged kite

The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels.

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Blackbuck

The blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra), also known as the Indian antelope, is an antelope found in India, Nepal and Pakistan.

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Blue-faced malkoha

The blue-faced malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin.

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Bonnet macaque

The bonnet macaque also known as zatiChambers English Dictionary (Macaca radiata) is a macaque endemic to southern India.

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Borassus flabellifer

Borassus flabellifer, commonly known as doub palm, palmyra palm, tala palm, toddy palm, wine palm, or ice apple is native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972) informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer and statesman.

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Cancer Institute (WIA)

The Cancer Institute (WIA) (also known as Adyar Cancer Institute) is a non-profit cancer treatment and research centre based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Carissa spinarum

Carissa spinarum, the conkerberry or bush plum, is a large shrub of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), widely distributed in tropical regions of Africa, Southern Asia, Australia, and various islands of the Indian Ocean.

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Central Zoo Authority of India

The Central Zoo Authority of India (CZA) is the body of the government of India responsible for oversight of zoos.

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Chameleon

Chameleons or chamaeleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Chennai Central railway station

Chennai Central, erstwhile Madras Central, is the main railway terminus in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.It is one of the most important hubs in the South.

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Chennai district

Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district or "Madarasapattinam", is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu, in India.

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Chennai Egmore railway station

Chennai Egmore (formerly known as Madras Egmore) is a railway station in Chennai, India.

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Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area.

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Chennai Snake Park Trust

The Chennai Snake Park Trust is a not-for-profit NGO constituted in 1972 by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and is India's first reptile park.

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Chennai Suburban Railway

The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India operated by the Southern Railway, one of the operating railway zones of Indian Railways.

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Chital

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

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City

A city is a large human settlement.

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Cockatiel

The cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus), is a bird that is a member of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia.

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Cormorant

Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.

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Coromandel Coast

The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coast region of the Indian subcontinent, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres.

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Crab

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) (translit.

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Crested honey buzzard

The crested honey buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers.

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Crocodile

Crocodiles (subfamily Crocodylinae) or true crocodiles are large aquatic reptiles that live throughout the tropics in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Australia.

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Deccan thorn scrub forests

The Deccan thorn scrub forests are a xeric shrubland ecoregion of India and southernmost Sri Lanka.

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Drongo

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics.

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Earthworm

An earthworm is a tube-shaped, segmented worm found in the phylum Annelida.

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East Deccan dry evergreen forests

The East Deccan dry evergreen forests are an ecoregion of southeastern India.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species which has been categorized as very likely to become extinct.

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Ex situ conservation

Ex situ conservation literally means, "off-site conservation".

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Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon

Major Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (12 September 1866 – 12 August 1941), was a British Liberal politician and administrator who served as Governor General of Canada, the 13th since Canadian Confederation, and as Viceroy and Governor-General of India, the country's 22nd.

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Game reserve

A game reserve (also known as a wildlife preserve) is a large area of land where wild animals live safely or are hunted in a controlled way for sport.

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Garganey

The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck.

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Gecko

Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world.

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Grasshopper

Grasshoppers are insects of the suborder Caelifera within the order Orthoptera, which includes crickets and their allies in the other suborder Ensifera.

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Gray langur

Gray langurs or Hanuman langurs, the most widespread langurs of the Indian Subcontinent, are a group of Old World monkeys constituting the entirety of the genus Semnopithecus (from Ancient Greek σεμνός semnós, “revered, august, holy”, and πίθηκος píthēkos, “ape, monkey”).

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Great egret

The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe.

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Greater coucal

The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes.

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Grey partridge

The grey partridge (Perdix perdix), also known as the English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.

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Guindy railway station

Guindy railway station is one of the railway stations of the Chennai Beach–Chengalpattu section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

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Hedgehog

A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, in the eulipotyphlan family Erinaceidae.

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Hyena

Hyenas or hyaenas (from Greek ὕαινα hýaina) are any feliform carnivoran mammals of the family Hyaenidae.

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In situ

In situ (often not italicized in English) is a Latin phrase that translates literally to "on site" or "in position".

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Index of conservation articles

This is an index of conservation topics.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian hare

The Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), also known as the black-naped hare, is a common species of hare found in the Indian Subcontinent and in Java.

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Indian palm squirrel

The Indian palm squirrel or three-striped palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae found naturally in India (south of the Vindhyas) and Sri Lanka.

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Indian paradise flycatcher

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia that is widely distributed.

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Indian peafowl

The Indian peafowl or blue peafowl (Pavo cristatus), a large and brightly coloured bird, is a species of peafowl native to South Asia, but introduced in many other parts of the world.

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Indian star tortoise

The Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) is a threatened species of tortoise found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka.

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Intermediate egret

The intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret, or yellow-billed egret (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron.

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Jackal

Jackals are medium-sized omnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, which also includes wolves, coyotes and the domestic dog.

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K. Kamaraj

Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903, The Hindu, 8 July 2009 –2 October 1975, hinduonnet.com. 15–28 September 2001), was a leader of the Indian National Congress (INC), widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s.

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Kasturba Nagar railway station

Kasturiba Nagar (also spelled Kasturibai Nagar) is a railway station on the Chennai MRTS.

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King cobra

The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), also known as the hamadryad, is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, endemic to forests from India through Southeast Asia.

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Limonia acidissima

Limonia acidissima is the only species within the monotypic genus Limonia.

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List of governors of Tamil Nadu

The Governor of Tamil Nadu is the constitutional head of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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List of national parks of India

National parks in India are IUCN category II protected areas.

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List of Rutaceae genera

There are approximatively 160 genera in the family Rutaceae.

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Lizard

Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 6,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Lonchura

Lonchura is a genus of the estrildid finch family, and includes munias (or minias), mannikins, and silverbills.

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Madras Crocodile Bank Trust

The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo and herpetology research station, located south of the city of Chennai, in state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule.

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Millipede

Millipedes are a group of arthropods that are characterised by having two pairs of jointed legs on most body segments; they are known scientifically as the class Diplopoda, the name being derived from this feature.

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Minivet

The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae.

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Mite

Mites are small arthropods belonging to the class Arachnida and the subclass Acari (also known as Acarina).

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Mongoose

Mongoose is the popular English name for 29 of the 34 species in the 14 genera of the family Herpestidae, which are small feliform carnivorans native to southern Eurasia and mainland Africa.

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Near-threatened species

A near-threatened species is a species which has been categorized as "Near Threatened" (NT) by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as that may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.

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Night heron

The night herons are medium-sized herons, 58–65 cm, in the genera Nycticorax, Nyctanassa, and Gorsachius.

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Otter

Otters are carnivorous mammals in the subfamily Lutrinae.

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Pangolin

Pangolins or scaly anteaters are mammals of the order Pholidota (from the Greek word φολῐ́ς, "horny scale").

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Paradoxurus

Paradoxurus is a genus within the viverrid family that was denominated and first described by Frédéric Cuvier in 1822.

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Parakeet

A parakeet is any one of a large number of small to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally have long tail feathers.

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Parks in Chennai

The city of Chennai has an estimated 4.5 percent of its area under green cover.

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Parrot

Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.

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Pond heron

Pond herons (Ardeola) are herons, typically long with an wingspan.

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Porcupine

Porcupines are rodents with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that protect against predators.

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Protected areas of Tamil Nadu

The Protected areas of Tamil Nadu State in South India cover an area of, constituting 2.54% of the geographic area and 15% of the recorded forest area.

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Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary is a famous 481 km² located in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh and Protected area in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu state in South India.

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Pythonidae

The Pythonidae, commonly known simply as pythons, from the Greek word python (πυθων), are a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia.

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Quail

Quail is a collective name for several genera of mid-sized birds generally placed in the order Galliformes.

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Raj Bhavan (Chennai)

Raj Bhavan (Tamil Nadu), literally the "Governor's Residence," is the official residence of the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

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Red-crested pochard

The red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) is a large diving duck.

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Red-wattled lapwing

The red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) is an Asian lapwing or large plover, a wader in the family Charadriidae.

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Reptile

Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class Reptilia, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes, amphisbaenians, lizards, tuatara, and their extinct relatives.

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Reserve forest

A reserve forest or a reserved forest is a specific term for designating forests and other natural areas, which enjoy judicial and / or constitutional protection under the legal systems of many countries.

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Rhesus macaque

The rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is one of the best-known species of Old World monkeys.

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Sambar deer

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

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Sardar Patel Road, Chennai

Sardar Patel Road is an arterial road in Chennai which runs from Mount Road eastwards through Guindy and Adyar for up to the sea coast where it turns north and crosses the Adyar River to Raja Annamalaipuram.

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Scorpion

Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones.

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Senegalia chundra

Senegalia chundra is a perennial, deciduous tree found in Asia, India and in the Indian Ocean area.

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Shrike

Shrikes are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae.

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Slug

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc.

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Small Indian civet

The small Indian civet (Viverricula indica) is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia.

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Snail

Snail is a common name loosely applied to shelled gastropods.

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Snake

Snakes are elongated, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes.

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South India

South India is the area encompassing the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry, occupying 19% of India's area.

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Spider

Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.

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Spot-billed pelican

The spot-billed pelican or grey pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) is a member of the pelican family.

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Stone-curlew

The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of nine species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world, with two species found in Australia.

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Tailorbird

Tailorbirds are small birds, most belonging to the genus Orthotomus.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tamil Nadu Forest Department

The Tamil Nadu Forest Department was established as the Madras Forest Department in 1855 by Dr Hugh Francis Cleghorn, "the father of scientific forestry in India".

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Teal

Teal is a medium blue-green (primarily blue) color, similar to cyan.

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Termite

Termites are eusocial insects that are classified at the taxonomic rank of infraorder Isoptera, or as epifamily Termitoidae within the cockroach order Blattodea.

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Tortoise

Tortoises are a family, Testudinidae. Testudinidae is a Family under the order Testudines and suborder Cryptodira.

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Tyrannosaurus

Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur.

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Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary

Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Kancheepuram District and Madurantakam taluk of the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Viperidae

The Viperidae (vipers) is a family of venomous snakes found in most parts of the world, excluding Antarctica, Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Hawaii, various other isolated islands, and north of the Arctic Circle.

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Wildlife conservation

Wildlife conservation is the practice of protecting wild plant and animal species and their habitat.

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Wildlife Institute of India

The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) is an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate change, Government of India.

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Yellow-wattled lapwing

The yellow-wattled lapwing (Vanellus malabaricus) is a lapwing that is endemic to the Indian Subcontinent.

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References

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

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