Wildlife Sanctuaries in India Study Glows Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary • Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, covering about 1,197 km2 (462 sq mi), is the largest wildlife sanctuary of Madhya Pradesh state in India. • It is located in the centre of the state covering parts of Sagar, Damoh, Narsinghpur, and Raisen Districts. It is about 90 km from Jabalpur and about 56 km from Sagar. • This forest area was made a sanctuary in 1975. Fauna • Bengal tiger • monitor lizard, • Indian leopard, • mugger crocodile, • striped hyena, • turtle, • wild dog (Dhole), • tortoise • Bengal fox, • Indian Wolf • Muggar crocodile, • golden jackal, • smooth Indian otter, • sloth bear Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of Bihar, India. The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the Ganges River from Sultanganj to Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur district. Notified as Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary in 1991, it is the protected area for the endangered Gangetic dolphins in Asia. The Gangetic Dolphin have been declared as the national aquatic animal of India. Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary • Black Kite, Black-winged Kite, Shikra, Crested Serpent Eagle, species like Eastern Imperial Eagle, Greater Spotted Eagle, Indian Spotted Eagle, Pallas's Fish Eagle. Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary • Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary is a marine wildlife sanctuary located in Odisha and is a very popular tourist attraction of Odisha in India. • It is the world's largest nesting beach for Olive Ridley Turtles. • It extends from Dhamra River mouth in the north to Brahmani river mouth in the south. Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary • Phansad Wildlife Sanctuaryis a wildlife sanctuary in the Murud and Roha talukas of Raigad district, Maharashtra state, India. • It was created in 1986 to preserve some of the coastal woodland ecosystem of the Western Ghats. Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary • The forest types are semi-evergreen, evergreen , Mixed deciduous and dry deciduous forests. • Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) • Muntjac (barking deer) • hyena ((Hyaena hyaena) • leopard or panther (Panthera pardus) • Bombay earth snake (Uropeltis macrolepis) and • Ceylon cat snake (Boiga ceylonensis) • Sambar (Cervus unicolour) • Mouse deer (Tragulus meminna) • Python Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary • Malai Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary or Male Mahadeshwara Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected Wildlife sanctuary in the Eastern Ghats and is located in the state of Karnataka in India. • The sanctuary lies in the Chamarajanagar district of Karnataka. • It is at a distance of 140 km (87 mi) from Mysuru and 210 km (130 mi) from Bengaluru. • The sanctuary was established in 2013 with an area of 906.187 km2. Fauna • Indian Elephant • black-naped hare • tiger • chevrotain, • Kollegal ground gecko • common langur, • gaur , • bonnet macaque, • wild boar • honey badger etc., • ,leopard • dhole, • spotted deer • barking deer • four-horned antelope Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary • The Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Canacona Taluka, South Goa district, of Goa, India, established in 1968. • The sanctuary is known for its dense forest of tall trees, some of which reach 30 metres in height. The forest supports moist deciduous trees, semi-evergreen trees, and evergreen trees. Animals • flying squirrel, slender loris, Indian pangolin, mouse deer, four-horned antelope, Malabar pit viper, hump-nosed pit viper, white-bellied woodpecker, Malabar trogon, velvet-fronted nuthatch, heart-spotted woodpecker, speckled piculet, Malayan bittern, draco or flying lizard, golden-back gliding snake, and Malabar tree toad. Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary • Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Verlem, in the Sanguem Taluka region of South-Eastern Goa. • It is adjacent to Dandeli-Anshi Tiger Reserve, Karnataka on the eastern side, Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa on the southern side and Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park on the northern side which in turn forms a contiguous protected area along with Madei Wildlife Sanctuary, Goa and Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka. Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary • Gaur or Indian Bison, Malabar giant squirrel, four-horned antelope or chousingha, leopard,black sloth bear etc. • Birds -rare Malayan night heron, Nilgiri wood pigeon, great pied hornbill, grey-headed bulbul,white-bellied blue flycatcher etc. Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary • The Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary is a 208.5-km2 protected area in the Indian state of Goa in the Western Ghats of South India. • It is located in the North Goa District, Sattari taluka near the town of Valpoi. Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary • Vazra Sakla waterfalls and the Virdi Falls in the Chorla Ghats region on the escarpment of the Goa-Maharashtra-Karnataka border in the Swapnagandha valley forest near Virdi village. • tiger,Indian black panther (rare), sloth bear, gaur, barking deer , sambar deer (occasionally sighted on grasslands and main roads), leopard, ruddy mongoose, Asian palm civet, small Indian civet, dhole, jungle cat, , mouse deer, wild boar, Indian hare etc. Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary • Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Arunachal Pradesh, India, with an area of 337 km. • It was established in 1995. • It is also known as Talley Valley Wildlife Sanctuary. Talle Valley Wildlife Sanctuary • giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor), Indian muntjac (Muntiacus muntjak) and Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus). Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary • Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary on the southern bank of the Brahmaputra in Morigaon district in Assam, India. • It was declared in 1987 and covers 38.85 km2 (15.00 sq mi), providing grassland and wetland habitat for the Indian rhinoceros. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary holds one of the largest Indian rhinoceros populations in Assam. Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary • Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary's grassland vegetation consists of at least 15 grass species including Cynodon dactylon, whip grass , vetiver, ravennagrass, Phragmites karka, southern cutgrass (Leersia hexandra) and signalgrass. • Mammals- golden jackal, wild boar and feral water buffalo, Barking deer, Indian leopard and rhesus macaque. Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary • Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km2 area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state. • Biodiversity significance of Ridge lies in its merger with Indo-Gangetic plains, as it is the part of the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor, an important wildlife corridor which starts from the Sariska National Park in Rajasthan, passes through Nuh, Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana and ends at Delhi Ridge. Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary • Historical place around sanctuary are Surajkund and Anangpur Dam (both in Haryana), Tughlaqabad Fort and Adilabad ruins (both in Delhi), Chhatarpur Temple (in Delhi). • There are several dozen lakes formed in the abandoned open pit mines in and around the sanctuary. It is contiguous to the seasonal waterfalls in Pali-Dhuaj-Kot villages of Faridabad and the sacred Mangar Bani. Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary • This is an important habitat for the Indian leopard. • Endangered species in the sanctuary include red- headed vulture and egyptian vulture. • Near-threatened species include painted stork, white- faced ibis and european roller. • Rare birds include black francolin and grey-headed fish eagle. Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary • The Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located in the Mandya, Chamarajanagar and Ramanagar districts of Karnataka, India. • The Cauvery River passes through its midst. • An area of 510.52 km2 (197.11 sq mi) was established as Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary on 14 January 1987 under Section 18 of the Wildlife Protection Act 1972 with the objective of providing protection, conservation and development of Wildlife and its environment. Important places • Important places along the river stretch flowing through the sanctuary covering its forested central and eastern parts are the Hogenakal Falls Mekedatu and Sangam. An important religious centre within the sanctuary is Muthathi Anjaneya temple. Flora and Fauna • The dominant species of trees found in this sanctuary are Terminalia arjuna and jambul (Syzygium cumini). Other tree species in the sanctuary are Albizia amara, Feronia sp., Tamarindus indica, Mangifera indica, Hardwickia binata, Acacia armata, and several other species of acacia, Feronia and Ficus. • tiger (Panthera tigris),elephant (Elephas maximus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), leopard (Panthera pardus), dhole, spotted deer (Axis axis), barking deer (Muntiacus muntjak), sambar (Cervus unicolor), four- horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), black-naped hare (Lepus nigricollis), chevrotain, common langur, bonnet macaque, honey badger (ratel)malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica maxima), grizzled giant squirrel etc. Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary • The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the eight wildlife sanctuaries of Arunachal Pradesh, India. • It is located in the Upper Dibang Valley district covering an area of 4,149 km2 (1,602 sq mi). The sanctuary is rich in wildlife. Animals • Rare mammals such as Mishmi takin, red goral, musk deer (at least two species), red panda, Asiatic black bear, occasional tiger and Gongshan muntjac. • birds there are the rare Sclater's monal and Blyth's tragopan. A flying sqirrel , new to science has been recently discovered