India is a biodiversity hotspot, with a wealth of flora and fauna. Though accounting for only 2.4% of world's total land mass, it harbours more than 7% of the global faunal diversity. About 30% of world's recorded flora is endemic to India. These facts highlight the immense importance of conserving our natural wealth.
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A GLIMPSE OF THE MAGNIFICENT WILD HERITAGE OF INDIA
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| Anamalai Wildlife Sanctuary
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Area: 958.6
sq. kms
Best time to visit: February - June
Species found: Elephant, gaur, chital, sambar, tiger, panther,
sloth bear, wild dog etc.
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| Bandipur National Park
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Area: 866 sq km
sq. kms
Best time to visit: March - July
Species found: elephant, spotted deer and sambar, gaur and flying squirrel, four horned antelope, Nilgiri langur and sloth bear etc.
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| Bandhavgarh
National Park - 170 kms from Jabalpur/ 210 kms from Khajuraho
(Madhya Pradesh) |
Area: 105.40 sq.
kms
Best time to visit: November - June
Species found: Tiger, panther, gaur, chital, sambar, nilgai,
chinkara, barking deer, bear, wild boar and a variety of upland
birds.
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| Corbett
National Park - 51 kms from Ramnagar (Nainital) |
Area: 520.82 sq. kms
Best time to visit: Nov-May (Closed mid June to mid Nov)
Species found: Elephant, tiger, panther, sloth bear, nilgai, sambar, chital, wild boar, porcupine, peafowl, red jungle fowl, partridge crocodiles, goral and
chousingha.
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| Jaldapara
Wildlife Sanctuary - 13 kms from Bagdogra (W. Bengal) |
Area: 100 sq. kms
Best time to visit: October - May
Species found: One horned rhino, tigers, wild elephants, deer, swamp deer, hog deer, wild pig, birds, peafowl etc.
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| Kaziranga
National park - 217 kms from Guwahati (Assam) |
Area: 430 sq. kms
Best time to visit: November - April
Species found: Great Indian one-horned rhino, wild buffalo, elephant, gaur, leopard cat, wild boar, civet, otter, swamp deer,
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| Keoladeo
Ghana National park - 50 kms from Agra/ 2 kms from Bharatpur
(Rajasthan) |
Area: 28.73 sq. kms
Best time to visit: October - February.
Species found: Siberian crane, cormorant, stork, spoon bill, quail, coot, heron, teal, tern
sambar, chital, blackbuck, wild boar, civet etc.
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| Kanha
National Park - 270 kms from Nagpur (Madya Pradesh) |
Area: 1945 sq. kms
Best time to visit: March - June
Species found: Tiger, panther, gaur, barasingha, chital, sambar, blackbuck,
chousingha, barking deer, mouse deer, niglai, wild dog, boar.
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| Mudumalai
Wildlife Sanctuary - 160 kms from Coimbatore/64 kms from Ooty
(Tamil Nadu) |
Area: 321 sq. kms
Best time to visit: February - June
Species found: Elephant, gaur, chital, sambar, tiger, panther, sloth bear, wild dog etc.
| Manas
Tiger Reserve - 186 kms from Guwahati (Assam) |
Area: 2840 sq. kms
Best time to visit: November - April
Species found: Elephant, tiger, panther, gaur, wild buffalo, rhino, golden langur, civet cat, otter, swamp deer, hog deer,sambar, pigmy hog, wild boar, great pied hornbill,
florican.
| Nagarhole
National Park - 220 kms from Bangalore/90 kms from Mysore (Karnataka)
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Area: 643.39 sq. kms
Best time to visit: October - March
Species found: Elephant, tiger, panther, chital, sambar, sloth
bear, jungle fowl, partridge etc.
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| Periyar
Wildlife Sanctuary - 200 kms from Cochin/140 from kottayam (Kerala)
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Area: 777 sq. kms
Best time to visit: October - April
Species found: Elephant, tiger, panther, wild dog, gaur, sloth
bear, nilgai, wild boar, sambar and barking deer.
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| Ranthambhore
National Park - 145 |
Area: 392 sq. kms
Best time to visit: Except July, August & September
Species found: Tiger, panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar, chital,
nilgai, bear, wild boar, partridge, green pigeon, red spurfowl etc.
| Sariska
National Park - 108 kms from Jaipur (Rajasthan) |
Area: 765.80 sq. kms
Best time to visit: Except July, August & September
Species found: Tiger, panther, hyena, jungle cat, civet, sambar,
nilgai, chowsingha, partridge, green pigeon, red spurfowl.
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| Sasan
Gir National Park & Sanctuary - 186 kms from Rajkot (Gujrat) |
Area: 1412.13 sq. kms
Best time to visit: December - Mid June
Species found: Asiatic lion, panther, striped hyena, sambar, nilgai, chital, chousingha, chinkara, wild boar, crocodile.
| Sunderbans
National Park - 112 kms from Dum Dum (W. Bengal) |
Area: 1330.10 sq. kms
Best time to visit: September - May
Species found: Tiger, different species of deer, wild boar, estuarine crocodile, gangetic dolphin.
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| Vedantangal
Bird Sanctuary |
Area: 0.3 sq kms
Best time to visit: November - February
Species found: Different water birds.
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