The wild life at Mudumalai is a mix of species of diverse origins. The region's rich and diverse wild life is preserved in numerous national parks and wild life sanctuaries. Since India is home to a number of rare and threatened animal species, wild life at southern India will be an exciting thing to look for. According to a study, India along with 17 mega diverse countries is home to about 60-70% of the world's biodiversity.

The wild life family has large mammals including the Asian Elephant, Bengal Tiger, Leopard, Sloth Bear, samber, spotted dear,hyena, gaur, mangoose and langooor often engrained culturally and religiously often being associated with deities.

The average elevation of Western Ghats is around 1,200 meters (3,900 ft). The area is one of the world’s ten "Hottest biodiversity hotspots" and has over 5000 species of flowering plants, 139 mammal species, 508 bird species and 179 amphibian species. At least 325 globally threatened species occur in the Western Ghats.

These hill ranges serve as important wild life corridors, allowing seasonal migration of endangered Asian Elephants. The Nilgiri Bio-sphere is home to the largest population of Asian Elephants and forms an important Project Elephant and Project Tiger reserve.The Ghat areas hold over six thousand elephants (as of 2004) and ten percent of India's critically endangered tiger population.

 The largest population of India's Tigers outside the Sundarbans is in the unbroken forests bordering Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The largest numbers and herds of vulnerable Gaur are found here with the Madumalai Bandipur National Park and Nagarhole together holding over proud number of 7000 of this voulnerable forest animal.