Flora and Fauna of kozhikode

There is an abundance of wild and marine life her. Though wild elephants and bisons are occasionally seen in the forests, tigers and leopards are rare.
Barking deer, Mouse deer, Mountain lizards, Malabar squirrels, black and grey monkeys, hares and porcupines are found in the forests here. The avions are well represented by horn bills, peacocks, jungle fowls, thrushes, pigeons, sunbirds, kingfishers, wood peckers, paradise fly catches, parrots, mynahs, king crows, tailed drangos etc. Snakes, poisonous and non poisonous, are seen in the forests in fairly large numbers, Pythons are also common.
The natural forests fall under three main categories; the southern tropical moist deciduous, western tropical wet ever green and semi evergreen.
The principal tropical moist deciduous forest species are Terminalia Paniculata, Dillenia, Pentagyna, Miliusa Veutina, Schrebra Suretenoides (all inhabiting species) etc; Bamboods Bambusa, Arundanaclac, Callicarpalanta, Cacsalpintia Minussoides etc. (under growth); Butea Parviflora, Celastrus Paniculaters (Climbers) etc.
The principal western tropical wet evergreen species are pakquium ellipticum, Salmalia, Malabarica, Mappila Foetida (inhabiting species top canopy layer) Canarium Strictum, Chrysophyllum Rexhurghi, Oleadiocea, Canes, wild arrow roots, screwpines etc.