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100 sq. kms
wildlife sanctuary. Bhimashankar is conserve red
forest area and wildlife sanctuary is home to a wide variety of animals
Leopard, Sambar, Barking deer, Porcupines, Grey Junglefowls, Wild pig,
Hanuman langur, Rhesus macaque and Flying Squirrel etc.. Blue Mormon
organises Park Visits.
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Tadoba-andhari
Tiger reserve has an area of 625.40 sq. km. This includes Tadoba National Park,
created in 1955 with an area of 116.55 sq. km. and Andhari Wildlife Sanctuary
created in 1986 with an area of 508.85 sq. km. The
Sanctuary is home to Tiger, Leopard, Sloth Bear, Gaur or Indian Bison, Rusty Spotted
Cat, Ratel, Indian mouse deer, Spotted deer, Sambar, Wild Boar, Four horned antelope,
Wild dog, Flying Squirrel etc. (Source - http://projecttiger.nic.in ) Tigertrails
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Melghat
area was declared a Tiger Reserve in 1974. Presently, the total area of the Reserve
is 1676.93 sq. km. The core area of the Reserve, the Gugarnal National Park with
an area of 361.28 sq. km. and buffer area of the Reserve, the Melghat Tiger Sanctuary
with an area of 788.28 sq. km. (of which 21.39 sq. km. is non-forest).
More than 700 naturalised plant species have been
enlisted in Flora of Melghat. These species belong to about 400 genera representing
as many as 97 families. There are 90 tree spp., 66 shrubs spp., 316 herbs spp.,
56 climbers, 23 sedges and 99 grass species alongwith 60-70 newly identified species.
(Source - http://projecttiger.nic.in ) Main
Species : Tiger, Leopard, Sloth bear, Wild
dog, Jackal, Sambar, Gaur, Barking deer, Nilgai, Cheetal, Chousinga, Ratel, Flying
Squirrel, Wild boar, Langur, Rhesus monkey, Porcupine, Pangolin, Mouse deer, Python,
Otter, Caracal, Black napped hare |
