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• Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary, covering about 1,197 km2 (462 sq mi), is the largest wildlife sanctuary of 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

• • monitor lizard, • Indian , • , • striped hyena, • turtle, • wild dog (Dhole), • tortoise • Bengal fox, • Indian Wolf • Muggar crocodile, • , • smooth Indian otter, • Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is located in Bhagalpur District of , India.

The sanctuary is a 60 kilometers stretch of the 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 of India.

Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary

• Kite, Black-winged Kite, Shikra, Crested Serpent Eagle, 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 mouth in the south.

Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary

• Phansad Wildlife Sanctuaryis a wildlife sanctuary in the Murud and Roha talukas of , state, India.

• It was created in 1986 to preserve some of the coastal woodland ecosystem of the .

Phansad Wildlife Sanctuary

• The forest types are semi-evergreen, evergreen , Mixed deciduous and dry deciduous forests.

• Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) • (barking ) • hyena ((Hyaena hyaena) • leopard or panther ( pardus) • Bombay earth (Uropeltis macrolepis) and • Ceylon cat snake ( ceylonensis) • Sambar ( unicolour) • Mouse deer ( 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 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 • , • Kollegal ground gecko • common langur, • gaur , • bonnet macaque, • • 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 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 , 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 , 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 .

• It is located in the , 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 , (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 , 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.

• - golden jackal, wild boar and feral water buffalo, Barking deer, and rhesus macaque. Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary

• Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km2 area on the Southern of Aravalli hill range on Delhi- border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of 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 and Anangpur Dam (both in Haryana), Tughlaqabad and Adilabad ruins (both in Delhi), (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 , 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.

• Rare mammals such as Mishmi , red , (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 from the edge of this sanctuary. It has been named the Mishmi Hills giant flying squirrel (Petaurista mishmiensis). Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary

• Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in Gaya district of Bihar state and of state in east-central India.

• The refuge was established in 1976, and covers an area of 259 km2.

Flora and Fauna

• moist deciduous forests and Chota dry deciduous forests ecoregions. Plant communities include dry and moist sal (Shorea robusta) forests, ravine thorn forest, and tropical dry riverine forest.

• Fauna include , , wolves, sloth bears, , chinkaras, and many species of birds. Pant Wildlife Sanctuary

• Pant Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in India, situated near Rajgir in Nalanda district, Bihar, India.

• It is under the Nalanda forest division.

Animals

• Wild boar (Sus scrofa), (Boselaphus tragocamelus), (Axis axis), red junglefowl(Gallus gallus murghi), Indian crested porcupine (Hystrix indica), Indian hare (Lepus nigricollis), northern plains gray langur(Semnopithecus entellus), rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta), and golden jackal (Canis aureus) are the species of vital importance in this sanctuary, besides some of the endangered species like Indian python (Python molurus) etc. are also found in the sanctuary. Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

• The Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary is an Indian sanctuary in Mungeli district, State.

• It had been established in 1975, under the provisions of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act of 1972, and declared a Tiger Reserve under Project Tiger, in 2009. It is a part of the Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve.

• The sanctuary comprises 557.55 km2 (215.27 sq mi) of forest.

• The park is part of Mungeli And Bilaspur Forest Division in northwest Chhattisgarh,

Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Forest vegetation mainly comprises Sal, Saja, Bija, and Bamboo.

• The sanctuary is home to the , Indian leopard, gaur, chital, striped hyena, Indian jackal, sloth bear, Ussuri dhole, sambar, nilgai, four-horned antelope, chinkara, , Indian muntjac and wild boar. Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary

• Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Surajpur District, Chhattisgarh, India.

• It is named after the Tamor Hill and Pingla Nalla, the old and prominent features of the area.

Tamor Pingla Wildlife Sanctuary

• The area, which is under Tamor, Khond and Pingla Ranges of the Surguja Jashpur Elephant Reserve Forest Division, consists of sal and bamboo forests.

• Asian elephants, Bengal tigers, Indian leopards, bears, Sambar deer, nilgai, chital, bison, four- horned antelope, chinkara, barking deer, wild boars, wild dogs, wolves, Golden jackals, Striped hyenas,, nag, pythons, red jungle fowl. Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary

• Hirpora Wildlife Sanctuary or Heerpora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, 70 km (43 mi)south of Srinagar.

• It spreads over an area of 341 km2 (132 sq mi).

• It is bounded to the north by Lake Gumsar, northeast by Hirpora village, east by Rupri, south by Saransar and to the west by the Pir Panjal pass. Animals

• Animals including- the Himalayan brown bear, Himalayan black beer, musk deer, leopard, Tibetan wolf, Himalayan palm civet and around 50 individuals the critically endangered Pir Panjal markhor.

• Birds including- spotted forktail, western tragopan,rock bunting, rufous-breasted accentor, Himalayan woodpecker, blue rock thrush, white-capped redstart, Himalayan griffon, common stonechat, red-billed blue magpie and grey wagtail are found in the sanctuary. Wildlife Sanctuary

• Lawalong Wildlife Sactuary is located in the Lawalong CD block in the Chatra subdivision of the in the state of Jharkhand, India.

• The sanctuary is surrounded by the Amanat River in the south, the Chako River in the west and the in the north-east.

• It is spread over an area of 207 square kilometres

Lawalong Wildlife Sanctuary

• Rhesus macaque, common langur, Indian elephant, sambhar, leopard, spotted deer, barking deer , sloth bear , jungle cat, common mongoose , and the dhole.

• Birds-common pea fowl, patridges, quails, hornbills and vultures. Wildlife Sanctuary

• This sanctuary is located in taluk of the .

• The Kadamakkal reserve forest is a part of the sanctuary. Pushpagiri (Kumara Parvatha) is the highest peak in it.

• The sanctuary adjoins reserve forest to the north and Kukke Subramanya forest range to the west.

• Mandalpatti peak, Kote betta and Makkalagudi betta are mountains fall in the sanctuary. Mallalli falls and Kote abbe waterfalls (also called as Mukkodlu falls) are located inside the sanctuary.

Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary is located 18 km north of Marayoor on State Highway 17 in the Marayoor and Kanthalloor panchayats of Devikulam taluk in the Idukki district of state in South India.

• It is one of 18 wildlife sanctuaries among the protected areas of Kerala. Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

• It is under the jurisdiction of and contiguous with to the south. Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary is to the north and Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary is to the east.

• It forms an integral part of the 1,187 km2 (458 sq mi) block of protected forests straddling the Kerala- border in the .

• The Western Ghats, Anamalai Sub-Cluster, including all of Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, is under consideration by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee for selection as a World Heritage Site. Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary

South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests at mid elevations give way to dry deciduous forests and thorny scrub forests in the lower dryer eastern edges of the valley.

The major xerophyticspecies in the thorny scrub forests are Acacia arabica, Acacia leucofolia, Acacia concinna, Prosporis juliflora, and Opuntia stricta.

The Marayoor sandalwood forest is located here. Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area located along the Western Ghats and spread across 74 square kilometres (29 sq mi) in Chakkittapara and Koorachundu revenue villages of Koyilandy Taluk in Kozhikode, Kerala.

• The sanctuary is part of the western ghats, a biodiversity hotspot. It also comes under the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve and forms a part of the Wayanad Elephant Reserve.

Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

• The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve is a non- use conservation area and biosphere reserve in the of Madhya Pradesh state in central India.

• The conservation area was created in 1999 by the Indian government. Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve

• Large species include tigers, leopard, wild bear, gaur ( gaurus), chital deer (Axis axis), muntjac deer, sambar deer (Cervus unicolor), and rhesus macaque.

• The endemic fauna includes chinkara, nilgai, wild dogs, the Indian wolf, bison, Indian giant squirrels, and flying squirrels. Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

• The Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Balasore district of Odisha, India.

• The sanctuary is spread across 272.75 km2 (105 sq mi) in the region.

• It is linked with via the Sukhupada and Nato hill ranges. Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

• It was declared a sanctuary on 4 January 1984.

• It is famous for the Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve that spreads across Simlipal, Kuldiha and Hadgarh wildlife reserves.

• Locally in Kuldiha, the elephant reserve is known as Tenda Elephant Reserve. Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary

• It is a mixed deciduous forest dominated by the Sal tree.

• Various animals inhabit the forest, including Tiger, Leopard, Elephant, Gaur, Sambar, Giant Squirrel, Hill Myna, Peafowl, Hornbills. Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary

• Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary was created on 6 May 1981 and is located in Nayagrh, Odisha, India, adjacent to the Satkosia Gorge Wildlife Sanctuary.

• It is 168.35 square kilometres (41,600 acres) of sanctuary land, home to bears, elephants, leopards, sambar deer and spotted deer.

• The sanctuary is located where the River passes through a gorge in the Eastern Ghats mountains. Elevations range from near sea level to about 900 metres (3,000 ft).

Baisipalli Wildlife Sanctuary

• Baisipalli is located in the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion.

• The two major plant communities are mixed deciduous forests including Sal (Shorea robusta) and riverine forest. Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary

• Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is a Wildlife Sanctuary in Tripura, India.

• It covers an area of about 389.54 square kilometres (150.40 sq mi). It is located in South Tripura region.

• It provides habitat for Asian elephant, sambar, water buffalo, deer, Phayre's leaf monkey, , wild goat. Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary

• Kedarnath Wild Life Sanctuary, also called the Kedarnath Musk Deer Sanctuary, is a wildlife sanctuary declared under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 and located in Uttarakhand, India.

• Its alternate name comes from its primary purpose of protecting the endangered Himalayan musk deer.

• Consisting of an area of 975 km2 (376 sq mi), it is the largest protected area in the western Himalayas.

• It is famous for alpine musk deer, Himalayan Thar, Himalayan Griffon, Himalayan Black bear, Snow Leopard and other flora park and fauna. It is internationally important for the diversity of its flora and fauna (particularly of ungulate species).

Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary

• Located in the Himalayan Highlands with an elevation ranging from 1,160 m (3,810 ft) (near Phata) to the Chaukhamba peak at 7,068 m (23,189 ft), it was a notified reserve forest between 1916 and 1920.

• It was changed to a sanctuary on 21 January 1972, and has been designated a "Habitat/Species Management Area" by the IUCN. Kedarnath Wildlife Sanctuary

Indian jackal, red fox, Himalayan black bear, yellow- throated marten, leopard cat (Felis bengalensis), Indian leopard and snow leopard.

Indian boar , Himalayan musk deer, and Indian muntjac. rhesus macaque and common langur. Among the smaller mammals are Hodgsons's brown-toothed shrew , red giant flying squirrel, and Royle's pika. Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary

• The Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary, also known as Chandraprabha, is situated in Chandauli district of state in central India.

• It is well endowed with beautiful picnic spots, dense forests, and scenic waterfalls like Rajdari and Devdari that attract tourists every year to its vicinity.

• Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary is situated about 70 kilometres from the historic city of Varanasi.

Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary

• Chandra Prabha Sanctuary is spread over an area of 78 km² and lies on the Naugarh and Vijaigarh hillocks on the north slope of the .

• The Karamnasha River, a tributary of the Ganges, flows through the sanctuary, as does the Chandraprabha River, a tributary of the Karamnasha. Chandra Prabha Wildlife Sanctuary

• Plant communities include alluvial savanna forest, southern dry mixed deciduous forest, dry deciduous scrub and savanna, dry tropical riverine forest, and desert thorn forest and scrub.

• Fauna includes leopard, wild boar, Nilgai , Sambar deer, Chinkara, and Chital. Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

• Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary (established in 1979, also known as the Jawaharlal Nehru Bustard Sanctuary of Maharashtra) is a wildlife sanctuary for the great Indian bustard at Solapur, Maharashtra, India.

• It is in the Deccan thorn scrub forests ecoregion.

• Maharashtra is one of the six states of India where great Indian bustards are still seen.

Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

White-eyed buzzard Great Indian bustard Grey francolin Eurasian collared dove Indian bushlark Pied bushchat Common myna Rufous-tailed lark Large grey babbler Indian silverbill Southern grey shrike

Yellow-wattled lapwing

Red-necked falcon Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary was created in the Ambegaon and Khed talukas of , in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra in order mainly to protect the habitat of the Indian Giant Squirrel.

• This sanctuary was created in 1984.

• Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary's area is 131 km.

• Part of the Western Ghats. Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Indian Giant squirrel, Leopard Panthera pardus, Striped Hyena and Golden Jackal , Sambar, Wildboar , Common Langur , Rhesus Macaque and the Mouse Deer. Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Mayureswar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tehsil Baramati in Pune district in Maharashtra, India.

• The area was declared as a sanctuary from 19 August 1997 as per the Wildlife Institute of India.

Mayureshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

• Indian roller, • European Roller • black-winged kite, • Montagu's harrier • Eurasian collared dove • Chinkara • ashy-crowned sparrow • Striped Hyena lark • Indian gray wolf • blue-cheeked bee- • Indian Jackal eater • Indian fox • Gray Francolin, Yellow- • Indian Hare wattled Lapwing • Common Hawk-Cuckoo Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary

• The Dyanganga wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Buldhana district of Maharashtra.

• It is a part of the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.

• Dyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary -205km

Dnyanganga Wildlife Sanctuary

• leopards, sloth bears, barking deer, wild boars, blue bulls, spotted deer, hyenas, jungle cats and jackals.