The Agasthyyamalai Biosphere Reserve is another of the rather popular wildlife reserves of the region. The reserve is notified under the Man and Biosphere Programme, launched by UNESCO and is thus a tourist hotspot. Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary : The Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary , established in the year 1938, is located on the outskirts of the city of Ponmudi and is popular for its dense and thick forest cover that surrounds the region. The sanctuary is a natural habitat to many wild animals like the Asian elephants, Sambar , leopards, lion -tailed macaques etc and some of the rare breeds of birds found here include Malabar the grey hornbills , white bellied tree-pie, small sunbird and so on
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