“The hills of the district abound in almost every South-Indian species of the ferae naturae” is the first line about the mammalia in The Manual of the Coimbatore District by F.A. Nicholson published in 1887.
The document throws light on the diverse fauna of the then Coimbatore district in the Presidency of Madras, which was spread across 7,842 square miles comprising 10 taluks, namely Bhavani, Coimbatore, Dharapuram, Erode, Karur, Kollegal, Palladam, Pollachi, Sathyamangalam, and Udumalpet.
As per the document, the list of mammalia was taken from a sketch written in 1875 by Rev. F.W. Jackson titled ‘The Mammals of the Coimbatore District’.
