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Alt text: Warli tribe Alt text: Konkana tribe
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Alt text: Mallar Koli tribe Alt text: Katkari tribe
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Aarey ( Milk Colony ) Forest Biodiversity -

The Aarey Milk Colony was founded in 1949. It is located in Goregaon East, Mumbai,
Maharashtra, India, and is more than 3000 acres. It is located in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park's
ecologically vulnerable area (SGNP). The Aarey Milk Colony is a mosaic of land uses, including
adivasi padas, tabelas (cattle sheds), a milk factory, a hostel, a hospital, a field of crops, and the
upper catchment zone (or watershed zone) for the Mithi and Oshiwara Rivers. Aarey is widely
recognized for its 300 different animal species and its leopard population.
Throughout the research, 1147 species of Mammals, Birds Invertebrates in total were
noted,

https://jesjalna.org/Zoology-Publications/index.html 56 Department of Zoology, J. E. S. College, Jalna