Animals Living in AV Forests

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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.


Animal

Where seen

When

Comments/Information

Civet

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 November 2007, around 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!"
Monitors (udumbuwarran?) Certitude mid-November 2008 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. 
Monkeys


Peacocks/peahens


Porcupine Pitchandikulam August 2007, 7pm Crossing main tar road.  Medium size, long quills.
Snakes