 Wildlife found on the High Wavy Mountains include Oriental honey buzzard, great pied hornbill, Indian brown mongoose, Jerdon's palm civet, white-bellied short-wing, black-naped monarch, pied thrush, gaur, tiger, leopard, Asian elephant, mouse deer, "Ghatixalus asterops", "Raorchestes beddomii", "Raorchestes ponmudi", "Nyctibatrachus" sp., "Ramanella triangularis", "Ramanella montana", "Calotes grandisquamis", "Hemidactylus anamallensis", "Salea anamallayana", "Kaestlea travancorica", "Kaestlea laterimaculata", "Uropeltis madurensis", "Uropeltis liura", "Calliophis nigrescens", large-scaled pit viper and the enigmatic Hutton's pit viper.When the high wavys group of estates were managed by Hindustan Unilever, the company started a non-profit orgainization called the Megamalai Wildlife and Environment Association.It worked with the forest department to protect the endangered species and safeguard the forest and its creatures; it did so by putting up signs promoting the preservation of nature and animals along the Ghat road of Meghamalai.