Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, popularly known as the Muthanga Wildlife Sanctuary, is an animal sanctuary in the Wayanad District of Kerala in India.
It is the second largest wildlife sanctuary in Kerala, and was established in 1973. It is part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. It is a rain forest reserve connected to two major sanctuaries - Bandipur National Park to the north in Karnataka and Mudumalai National Park in Tamil Nadu.
The landscape is mountainous with lush forests typical of the western ghats.
It has a large population of elephants, and has been declared a Project Elephant Site. The reserve is also home to a small population of tigers. Panthers, jungle cats, civet cats, monkeys, wild dogs, bison, deer, bears, monitor lizards and a variety of snakes are seen. There is also a profusion of birds, butterflies and insects. Moist deciduous forest consists of maruthi, karimaruthi, rosewood, venteak, vengal, chadachi, mazhukanjiram, bamboos, more, while the semi-evergreen patches comprises veteria indica, lagerstroemia, lanceolata, termianalia paniculata.
temperature varies from 17-21 degree Celsius.
Information can be had at the sanctuary headquarters.