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Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve

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Jayamangali Blackbuck Reserve

Jayamangali Blackbuck Conservation Reserve is Tumkur district's only notified protected area. It neighbours Talekere, a small village in Madhugiri Taluk, at the north-eastern tip of Tumkur district of Karnataka state, India. This area is a part of the plains of Deccan plateau and borders Anantapur d

istrict of Andhra Pradesh. It is a 798-acre (3.23 km2) patch of grassland with Eucalyptus and Acacia auriculiformis. It has the largest contiguous population of blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) in Karnataka, apart from Ranibennur Blackbuck Sanctuary.

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