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The following Animals have been seen by Aurovilians. This list was created after a discussion of what wild life people have seen.
===The following Animals have been seen by Aurovilians===


"There used to be deer once upon a time in Utility, when I was staying there. There were only a couple, but one of them was aggressive and used to sneak up and attack you, usually from behind, when walking by yourself through the community. Left you with a bruise!"
This list was created after a discussion of what wild life people have seen.  


Peacocks/Peahens


Are stags deer? Then AV has deer.&nbsp;<br><br>"Hirsch = stag <br>Deer = das Reh, der Hirsch"&nbsp; of course, i have seen a spotted Reh, twice; <br>
{| cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" width="800"
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center" |'''Animal
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center" |'''Where seen
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center" | '''When
| valign="middle" bgcolor="#ccccff" align="center" | '''Comments/Information
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Bandicoots'''<br>
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Big Cats'''
| near Aurogreen
| mid December 2008
| A small leopard-like creature, spots, ponted ears
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Chameleons'''
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Civet Cats'''
| <br>
| <br>
| If we would have not so much stray dogs we had much more&nbsp;<br>animals - there are some rabbits,warran,civic cat,sometimes monkey visiting.&nbsp;
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Deer'''
| Pichandikulam bridge
| Nov '07, 6.30pm
| Are stags deer? Then AV has deer.&nbsp;<br><br>"Hirsch = stag&nbsp;<br>Deer = das Reh, der Hirsch"&nbsp; of course, i have seen a spotted Reh, twice;&nbsp;<br>I saw a deer by the Pichandikulam bridge a year ago around 6.30pm ... and i have heard about a Panther around Forcomers .. it seems a guest and an Aurovilian had seen it on two different occasions ....&nbsp;"There used to be deer once upon a time in Utility, when I was staying there. There were only a couple, but one of them was aggressive and used to sneak up and attack you, usually from behind, when walking by yourself through the community. Left you with a bruise!"
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Geckos'''
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Jackals'''
| Utility canyon<br>
| Since many years<br>
| We hear them at night. It sets the dogs howling.
|-
| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Mice'''
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Monitors (''udumbu'',&nbsp;''warran?'')</span>
| Certitude<br>Utility
| mid-November '08<br>2009
| By warran, do you mean monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)? I have never heard that term before... In Tamil it is called 'udumbu'<br>Hi priya, he never told me his name,he runs very fast like a crocodile,likes also to sleep lazy in the sun and here I found&nbsp;<br>Varanus indicus rouxi (Indian Monitor Lizard -German&nbsp;: Waran.&nbsp;<br>In the past six months (April-October 09), we have noticed 2 baby monitor lizards in the community. One large monitor was glimpsed on our walk to the canyon. He ran very fast, thankfully our dog couldn't catch it.
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Monkeys'''
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Peacocks/peahens'''
| <br>
| <br>
| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Porcupines</span>
| Pitchandikulam
| Aug '07, 7pm
| Crossing main tar road. &nbsp;Medium size, long quills.
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| valign="middle" align="center" | '''Rats'''<br>
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| <br>
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| valign="middle" align="center" | <span style="font-weight: bold;" class="Apple-style-span">Snakes</span>
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I saw a deer by the Pichandikulam bridge a year ago around 6.30pm ... and i have heard about a Panther around Forcomers .. it seems a guest and an Aurovilian had seen it on two different occasions .... <br><br>If we would have not so much stray dogs we had much more <br>animals - there are some rabbits,warran,civic cat,sometimes monkey visiting.&nbsp;<br>By warran, do you mean monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)? I have never heard that term before... In Tamil it is called 'udumbu'<br>Hi priya, he never told me his name,he runs very fast like a crocodile,likes also to sleep lazy in the sun and here I found <br>Varanus indicus rouxi (Indian Monitor Lizard -German : Waran. <br><br><br>
==See also==
*[[Snakes of Auroville]]
 
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[[Category:Auroville ecology]]

Latest revision as of 11:58, 11 January 2019

The following Animals have been seen by Aurovilians

This list was created after a discussion of what wild life people have seen.


Animal Where seen When Comments/Information
Bandicoots


Big Cats near Aurogreen mid December 2008 A small leopard-like creature, spots, ponted ears
Chameleons


Civet Cats

If we would have not so much stray dogs we had much more 
animals - there are some rabbits,warran,civic cat,sometimes monkey visiting. 
Deer Pichandikulam bridge Nov '07, 6.30pm Are stags deer? Then AV has deer. 

"Hirsch = stag 
Deer = das Reh, der Hirsch"  of course, i have seen a spotted Reh, twice; 
I saw a deer by the Pichandikulam bridge a year ago around 6.30pm ... and i have heard about a Panther around Forcomers .. it seems a guest and an Aurovilian had seen it on two different occasions .... "There used to be deer once upon a time in Utility, when I was staying there. There were only a couple, but one of them was aggressive and used to sneak up and attack you, usually from behind, when walking by yourself through the community. Left you with a bruise!"
Geckos


Jackals Utility canyon
 Since many years
 We hear them at night. It sets the dogs howling.
Mice


Monitors (udumbu, warran?) Certitude
Utility 		mid-November '08
2009 		By warran, do you mean monitor lizard (Varanus bengalensis)? I have never heard that term before... In Tamil it is called 'udumbu'
Hi priya, he never told me his name,he runs very fast like a crocodile,likes also to sleep lazy in the sun and here I found 
Varanus indicus rouxi (Indian Monitor Lizard -German : Waran. 
In the past six months (April-October 09), we have noticed 2 baby monitor lizards in the community. One large monitor was glimpsed on our walk to the canyon. He ran very fast, thankfully our dog couldn't catch it.
Monkeys


Peacocks/peahens


Porcupines Pitchandikulam Aug '07, 7pm Crossing main tar road.  Medium size, long quills.
Rats


Snakes


See also


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