Over 2,700 species of flowering plants, 160 species of fern and fern allies, countless types of flowerless plants, mosses, fungi, algae, and land lichens are found in the "sholas" of the Nilgiris. No other hill station has so many exotic species. It is also home to mammals like Bengal tiger, Indian elephant, Indian leopard, Chital deer, Gaur , Sambar deer, Dhole , Golden jackal, Indian boar , Nilgiri tahr, Indian spotted chevrotain, Black buck, Asian palm civet, Sloth bear, Four-horned antelope , Nilgiri marten,