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| Fauna in Gujarat ( Rusa ) |
Fauna in Gujarat ( Rusa )
Gujarat is very rich in animal life. The forest areas of the Gir in Saurashtra, Panchmahals and Dangs have herds of gazelles, black buck and spotted deer. The Asiatic lion is now localised in the Gir forest, which has also smaller mammals including langurs and blue bulls. Gujarat having an extensive coastline, perennial rivers and lakes and ponds are rich in a variety of fish. Besides Asiatic lion, tiger, panther, cheetah, wolf, jackal, fox, Civet, greyish langur, rabbit and porcupine are also found in the forest areas of the state. The wild ass is a distinctive species found only in Gujarat, in the Rann of Kutch. The thick forests of Dang, which receive maximum.
rains and have abundant greenery, are the home of beautiful birds such as Trogon, hornbills, barbets, babblers, racket-tailed drongos and minivets. The Saras, pea-fowls, red-wattle lapwings, parakeets, babblers and mynas are mostly found in the plains. The extensive coastal regions of the state give shelter to various birds like plovers, stints, sand pipers, curlews, lesser flamingoes, terns and gulls. During the winter, flocks of migratory birds came to Gujarat from faraway countries, like the pied-crested cuckoo, rosy pelicans, white storks, Brahmany duck, demoiselle cranes, common cranes, ducks, coots, snipes, moorhens, curlews and stints. During monsoons, the great and the little Rann of Kutch, serve as breeding ground for flamingoes, pelicans and avocets. While drier areas of Kutch and north Gujarat serve as haunt to grey partridges, larks, white-ear bulbuls, finch larks and sand-grouses.
Forests in Gujarat
The essential criteria for the growth of forests are suitable conditions of temperature and a heavy rainfall. In Gujarat, high rugged areas receive a higher rainfall than the plains. The rainfall in the state increases from the plains to the mountains and from north to south. The forests are therefore concentrated in the hilly parts of the state in the south-east and in the hills of Saurashtra. The hills of Kutch are bare because of low rainfall and the absence of any orographic features. South, south-east and east Gujarat are the only areas which have a considerable forest cover. Gujarat has about 19.66 lakh hectares of land under forest. A large part of the forest cover which is economically exploitable is distributed in the districts of Dang, Panchmahal, Broach, Surat, Bulsar, Junagadh, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha. The south and south-eastern parts of the state support the growth of tropical deciduous forest typified by teak, Shorea Robusta for which the district of Bulsar is well known. Moist Deciduous Forests occur in Dang and parts of Vyara in Surat division. These forests are not evergreen and shed their leaves during March and April. Dry deciduous forests with teak occur in north-east Gujarat, particularly in Sabarkantha district. The thorny forests which occur either in Kutch or north Saurashtra and Banaskantha district are characterized by Acacia Arabica, Acacia Leucophloea, Capparis Ophylla, Zizyphus Mauratiana etc. There are large stands of bamboo in South Gujarat than in the North.
The essential criteria for the growth of forests are suitable conditions of temperature and a heavy rainfall. In Gujarat, high rugged areas receive a higher rainfall than the plains. The rainfall in the state increases from the plains to the mountains and from north to south. The forests are therefore concentrated in the hilly parts of the state in the south-east and in the hills of Saurashtra. The hills of Kutch are bare because of low rainfall and the absence of any orographic features. South, south-east and east Gujarat are the only areas which have a considerable forest cover. Gujarat has about 19.66 lakh hectares of land under forest. A large part of the forest cover which is economically exploitable is distributed in the districts of Dang, Panchmahal, Broach, Surat, Bulsar, Junagadh, Sabarkantha and Banaskantha. The south and south-eastern parts of the state support the growth of tropical deciduous forest typified by teak, Shorea Robusta for which the district of Bulsar is well known. Moist Deciduous Forests occur in Dang and parts of Vyara in Surat division. These forests are not evergreen and shed their leaves during March and April. Dry deciduous forests with teak occur in north-east Gujarat, particularly in Sabarkantha district. The thorny forests which occur either in Kutch or north Saurashtra and Banaskantha district are characterized by Acacia Arabica, Acacia Leucophloea, Capparis Ophylla, Zizyphus Mauratiana etc. There are large stands of bamboo in South Gujarat than in the North.
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Fauna Asiatic
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