Black Buck

• Prefers flat land with short grass.
   

• Adult dominant breeding males are territorial and attain black felt.
   

• Territory size varies from 2-3 ha.
   

• Females and juveniles live in mixed groups and are brown colored.
   

• Females and Mixed groups have a home range of nearly 2 to 3 sq km.
   

• On an average live up to 8 to 9 years.
   

• Attain sexual maturity by 2 years and females can give birth twice in 14 months.
   

• Fawning occurs in August-Sept. and March-April.

Bio-diversity value

• Conservation of Black Bucks as the keystone species.
   

• Supports largest, least-disturbed, intact patch of Tal with its representative Eco-system.
   

• The area supports considerably good diversity of animals and birds.
   

• Eight species of Mammal including three varieties of Antelopes can easily be seen in the sanctuary.
   

• Over 122 species of resident and migratory birds can be seen in Tal Chapar Sanctuary in a normal year, the most important being the Demoiselle Cranes.
   

• Seven species of lizards and four species of snakes of schedule I category (and representative of the Indian Desert) are found in the Sanctuary.

• 5 Tree species, 7 shrubs and more than 7 species of grasses and sedges are found in the sanctuary.
   

• The Sanctuary supports a good diversity of insects.