THREA TENED MAMMALIAN FAUNA OF ANDHRA PRADESHINDIA

摘要

Andhra Pradesh is India's fifth largest state, with an area of 275,068 km~2. It encompasses a great part of the Deccan Plateau, sloping down to the Bay of Bengal. It is bordered by Orissa and Madhya Pradesh to the northeast, Maharashtra to the north, Karnataka to the west, Tamil Nadu to the south, and the Bay of Bengal to the east. Andhra Pradesh has a forest cover of 63,814 km~2, which is 23.19% of the total geographical area of the state (ICFRE, 1995). This places Andhra Pradesh in fourth position in India in terms of forest cover. The principal forest types are: tropical dry deciduous forest (5A/C1), southern tropical thorn forest (6A/C1), southern tropical moist deciduous forest (3B/C2), littoral forest (4A/L1) and tidal swamp mangrove forest (4B/TSL).