Ati WLS

Borde
-Delhi Haryana
·

Aravalli ranges
- 1 km around it

as tS2
 Unlnuabl
Fauna -
Leopard.
=Black neck: 2C
have

-Blackbuck! C
⑧ Blackbuck Conservation Reserve in the trans-Yamuna
belt near Prayagraj

It has been declared as the State Animal of Punjab,

Haryana, and Andhra Pradesh.
Tal Chhapar Blackbuck Sanctuary -

grassland

Chirc

destrict
·

Mothiya grass
·
Desertcat, for
cry 2

Penng
Red Headed Vulture:It

Culture:Undergeld
Egyptian
 Park
-resity
Aravalli

Gurugaoy
-

-
The Park was declared as the first OECM site
in the Country -

'Other effective area-based conservation

measures'

Tropical try Decidory

a

thorny forest
-

The OECM tag is given by the International

Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to
areas that are not protected but support rich
biodiversity.

Medical plant
Asthama bel, Brahmi, Gugal, Dardpaat,
Rudraksh, Hadjod, Van tulsi, Rakt madar,
Nirgundi
->?_°
Kanger Valley National Park

● Chhattisgarh’s first-ever inter-state bird survey was

conducted in the Kanger Valley National Park.

● Orange Bat spotted -> Near Threatened

It derives its name from the Kanger River, which flows in

its length.

● The national Park is located in the Bastar district of

Chhattisgarh.
● Forest-Mixed humid deciduous type of forest.

● Fauna-Malabar Giant Squirrel, Spotted Deer, Rhesus

Macaque, Grey Langur, Sloth Bear and Indian Wolf.

● Other Features-It is known for the underground limestone

caves and stalagmites and stalactites -Kutumbasar, Kailash
and Dandak.

● Tirathgarh waterfall and Kanger dhara waterfall are located

inside the National Park.
 Ma
Indian giant squirrel
Estate animal
● This species is endemic to India, with
main sections of its distribution in the
Western Ghats, Eastern Ghats and
Satpura Range.

● IUCN status : Least Concern.

Sloth bear SL, Bhute an

Nepal fade
● It is native to the Indian subcontinent.

● It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN

Red List.
·
forest Dwelly
 Squirrel
Ant
· aa part of 25

Satpena Ranges.
·

· animal
State of
MH

·
I4CN LC
=
Chital also known as the Spotted
Deer

● It is a deer species native to the

Indian subcontinent.

● IUCN status : Least Concern.

Rhesus Macaques

● Their natural range includes

Afghanistan, Pakistan, India,
Southeast Asia, and China.

● IUCN status : Least concern.

● Mouse deer or Indian Spotted Chevrotain

● It is the smallest deer in India and is highly

nocturnal.

● IUCN status : Least Concern.

Dehing Patkai National Park

● Recently, it was declared as National Park by Assam Govt.

● Dehing Patkai National Park is located in the Dibrugarh

and Tinsukia districts of Assam.

● It is famous for Assam Valley Tropical Wet Evergreen

Forests bordering Arunachal Pradesh.

● Dehing is the name of the river that flows through this

forest and Patkai is the hill at the foot of which the sanctuary
lies.

● Fauna : Chinese pangolin, flying fox, wild pig, sambar,

barking deer, gaur, serow and Malayan giant squirrels.
Indian flying fox - Least Concern
Malayan giant squirrel
IUCN status : Near Threatened
-
Raimona

- 6th of Assam

Riph reserve forest

C

It is in the western buffer to the Manas National

Park. -

Sankosh river -
west

sne-east
-

Savalbhang
-
Pekua over south.
I
⑧
·
Golden Langur
· Asean
elephat
Tige
·

· clouded
Lopond.
gan-vulverabl
·
Chitat-LC
·
Clouded leopard

● It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

● It is the State animal of Meghalaya.

● It has been added to India’s Recovery Programme for

Critically Endangered Species to aid more research and
strengthen conservation efforts.
● Clouded Leopard prefers grassland, shrubs,
subtropical and dense tropical forest up to a height of
7,000 feet occurring from the Himalayan foothills
through mainland Southeast Asia into China.

● In India, it occurs in Sikkim, northern West Bengal,

Meghalaya subtropical forests, Tripura, Mizoram,
Manipur, Assam, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh.
 ·
clouded
Leopard
NP

●India’s first dedicated

wildlife park to Clouded
Leopards ( established in
2007 )

●Located : in Sipahijola
Wildlife Sanctuary of Tripura

C the
with
Bisons
Sepahijala wildlife sanctuary

●Aka biodiversity heaven of

Tripura

●Habitat : moist, deciduous

forest

●Ecotourist site : view of

coffee and rubber
plantations, boating facilities
in lake and ride in toy train.
 Gibbon
-

Assamnineas
e
- EasternArunachal
Hullock Ape found natural
Gibbon
only in
vegetation
· -

in India.

aft deforestation (Palm cultivation)

Orangutan species
endangered
·
-

Y in areas of Indonesia, Malaysia.

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Hemis National Park

Context : Hosts
highest number of
snow
leopards ,thereby
Ladakh is known as
Snow-leopards
Capital of world
●High Altitude National Park » located in Eastern Ladakh

●It lies within Karakoram-West Tibetan Plateau

●Vegetation :: pine forests, and alpine tundra

vegetation.

●Rivers : Indus river banks and catchments of

Rumbak ,Markah ,Sumdah

●It is biggest national park in India ( spread over 4400 sq.

km)

●Cultural significance :: Gotsang Gompa, Hemis

Monastery are located inside national park
 Central South Asse
Species
1.Snow leopard
-IUCN : Vulnerable
-AKA Ghost of the
Mountains
stat
-

Himalayan

2.Bharal (Blue sheep)

-IUCN :: Least concerned
-found in the high Himalayas
-major food of the snow
leopard
3. Himalayan Ibex
-IUCN :: ‘least
concerned’
- Zoological Survey
of India in 2020
proved that
Himalayan Ibex is a
distinct species than
siberian ibe
Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary

● GOI has announced the setting up of India’s first Dark Sky

Reserve near the sanctuary

● Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary is located on the Changthang

plateau in Leh district of Ladakh.

● This sanctuary extends to Pangong Tso, Tso Moriri and Tso Kar
Lake.

● It is home to important species like the rare Chiru, snow leopard,

black-necked stork and kiang or wild ass.
Chiru (Tibetan Antelope)

● The species is endemic to

Tibetan Plateau and mainly lives
in the northern parts of the
Changthang Plateau.

● Shawls - Shahtoosh shawls are

obtained from the guard hair of
the Tibetan antelope.

● IUCN status - Near Threatened

Dachigam National Park

● Dachigam National Park is located in Srinagar district of

Jammu and Kashmir.

● Dachigam national park falls in the Zabarwan range in

the western Himalayas.

● It is famous for Himalayan moist temperate evergreen

forest.

● Fauna : Kashmir stag (hangul), Himalayan serow, Snow

leopard.
Hangul

● Its only viable population is in

the Greater Dachigam landscape
north-east of Srinagar.

● The Hangul is the state animal

of the former state and current
UT of Jammu & Kashmir.

● IUCN status : Critically

Endangered.
Kuno Palpur National Park

● 8 cheetahs arrived from Namibia and were released into

Kuno National Park on 17th September 2022 by the Prime
Minister of India.

About Kuno Palpur National Park :

● Kuno National Park lies in Sheopur district of Madhya

Pradesh in Central India near the Vindhyan Hills.

● Initially established as a wildlife sanctuary, it was only in

2018 that the government changed its status into a national
park.
● It is named after the Kuno River (One of the main
tributaries of the Chambal River) that cuts across it,
Kuno is primarily a grassland region.

● It is part of the Khathiar-Gir dry deciduous forests.

(arid ecoregion across Gujarat, Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh).

● Flora and Fauna: The protected area of the forest is

home to the jungle cat, Indian leopard, sloth bear,
Indian wolf, striped hyena, golden jackal, Bengal fox
and dhole, along with more than 120 bird species
le
Dhole (Asian wild dogs)

● Dholes purportedly occurred

throughout southern Russia, all
across central Asia, south Asia
and southeast Asia.

● IUCN status : Endangered

Madhav National Park

● Tigers are being reintroduced in here more than six decades after
they were last seen there in 1960s.

About:

● Location : Madhya Pradesh in Shivpuri District, part of upper

Vindhyan hills.

● Two lakes- Sakhya Sagar & Madhav Sagar and Madikhera dam
situated here.

● Forest Type: Northern Tropical dry deciduous mixed forest as

well as dry thorn forest.

● Fauna: Tigers, hyena, sloth bear, and crocodile, Nilgai, Chinkara,

etc
Nilgai

● It is the largest antelope of

Asia.

● Distribution: It is found in
Nepal, India and Pakistan.

● Habitat: It lives in a lightly

wooded forest, wooded
grassland, scrub areas.

● IUCN status : Least concern

Silent Valley National Park

● The park is located in the Nilgiri hills in Kerala. It is

situated in the core of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve.

● Silent Valley is home to the largest population of

Lion-tailed macaques, an endangered primate species.

● River Kunthi descends from the Nilgiri hills and

traverses the entire length of the valley.

● Fauna : Lion-tailed macaque, Brown wood owl,

Banded Bay cuckoo, Malabar woodshrike, White-
throated kingfisher.
Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary

● Shendurney wildlife sanctuary- It is located in Southern

Kerala.

● It owes its name to the endemic species, Ghuta Travancorica,

locally known as ‘Chenkurunji’.

● The sanctuary was established in 1984 as a part of Agasthyamali

Biosphere Reserve.

● It is a valley of green splendour acclaimed for its rich

biodiversity lying on either side of the Shendurney River.

● Flora: Tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests cover a

major area of the sanctuary.
· Lion tailed Macaque

·
Tenmalg
Dan
·
Endangerd
mort
·
tropical
evergret

Karetake
·
TN, kecale,
Fatikenlum
NP

early but
-

of that

of
-part t

-
Kerall
·
Neelakurinji
·
Grasslang, shold fort
1.Nilgiri Tahr :
-only species in the genus
Nilgiritragus
-endemic to the Nilgiri Hills
-IUCN : Endangered
-open montane grassland
habitat
-it is stocky goat with short,
coarse fur and a bristly mane
-Males are larger than females
& of darker colour when mature
-Both sexes have curved horn

- IN, Kuala, Kalrafal

e
2.Lion-tailed macaque
- endemic to the Western
Ghats
-IUCN :: Endangered
-CITES :: Appendix I
-arboreal living (living in
trees
3. Indian bison/gaur
-bovine native to South Asia and Southeast
Asia
-IUCN :: Vulnerable
-CITES :: Appendix I
-gaur is the largest extant bovid (a mammal
of the cattle family)
alai NP

·
Tri Junction

Kamataka
Kerala, TN,
·

BR
·

partNilgin
·

Elephant grasses

·
Banbor

· Teak
Rosewood
Fama
--

Tiger
-

2
-

Elephant
 Malaba Gaint Squirrel
B
-
· aa part of 25

Satpena Ranges.
·

· animal
State of
MH

·
I4CN LC
=
↳ Indran
fan
-

Vulnerable
Tally Valley Wildlife Sanctuary

● Recently, a new non-venomous burrowing species of snake-

Trachischiumapteii, was found here.

● It is a Wildlife Sanctuary and also a biodiversity hotspot near

Zero town in Arunachal Pradesh.

● It is situated at an altitude of 2400 meters.

● Pange, Sipu, Karing, and Subansiri rivers flow through it.

● Clouded Leopard and Pleioblastus Simone Bamboo are found

here.
Guindy National & Zoological Park

● Context : A total of 63 birds species were spotted

during the two-day annual bird census at the
Guindy National Park.

● Located : South Chennai and is the 8th smallest

National Park in the country.

● Park has a role in both ex-situ and in-situ

conservation.
●Vegetation : Dry evergreen scrub and thorn
forests.

● Species : Black buck, chital, jackal, pangolin

and a variety of birds.

● Snake park within NP with statutory

recognition as medium zoo from CZA (central
zoo authority).
Bannerghatta National Park

● Bannerghatta National Park is located near

Bangalore, Karnataka in the hills of the Anekal range.

● The park is part of a wildlife corridor for elephants

which connects the BR Hills and the Sathyamangalam
forest.

● The park is contiguous with Talli reserve forest and

Bilikal forest.
● Flora: Scrub type or dry deciduous forests, southern
tropical moist mixed and dry deciduous forests.

● Fauna: Elephant, Chital, Striped Hyena, Barking

Deer, Peafowl.
Muntjac also known as the Barking Deer

● IUCN status - Least Concern.

● It is found all over India.
●The Muntjac has small set of antler consisting of short
brow-tine and an unbranched beam.

Striped hyenas

● Found all over India

● IUCN status : Near Threateaned.
Nameri National Park

● Nameri National Park is a national park in the

foothills of the eastern Himalayas in the Sonitpur
District of Assam, India

● Nameri shares its northern boundary with the

Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary of Arunachal Pradesh.

● It has two core areas: Nameri National Park and

Sonai- Rupai Wildlife sanctuary.
● The river Jia-Bhoroli flows through Nameri National
Park.

● Nameri National Park provides habitat for Bengal tiger,

Indian leopard, clouded leopard, marbled cat, leopard cat,
hog deer, sambar, dhole.
Jaldapara National Park

● Jaldapara National Park is situated in the West Bengal

district of Jalpaiguri.

● The park is located in the foothills of the Eastern

Himalayas, on the Torsa river’s bank.

● Flora : The Jaldapara National Park has shishu and

khair trees. It also has tall grasses, reeds, ferns, and
Setaria palmifolia, also known as palmgrass.
● Fauna : Jaldapara is well-known for its Asiatic one-
horned rhinos.

● The park holds the largest rhino population in India

after Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

● The park is surrounded by the Gorumara National Park

and the Chilapata Forest.
Indian rhinoceros also known as the greater one-
horned rhinoceros

● It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

● Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam has the

highest density of Indian rhinos in the world with
84 individuals in an area of 38.80 km2
 NP
singalila
-
WB
=>

·
introduction of Red Panda

·
Panda

--
Red P Giant. P
·
Darjeely Dist
L
Red Pandas

● IUCN status : Endangered

● Red pandas live in high-altitude forests of Nepal, India, Bhutan,
Myanmar and China.
●It is also the state animal of Sikkim.

Leopard cat
● IUCN status : LeastConcern.

Yellow-throated marten
● IUCN status : Endangered.

Indian Pangolin
● IUCN status : Endangered

● Chinese Pangolin IUCN status : Critically Endangered

Wild Ass Wildlife Sanctuary

●situated in Gujarat,

●Largest wildlife sanctuary in the country.

●Spread in the entire area of the little Rann of

Kutch

●Small grass-covered areas, known as baits as

habitat.
Indian wild ass (commonly
known as the ghudkhar)

● They are located in Little

Run of Kutch, the Wild Ass
Sanctuary in Kutch is the only
home to wild ass in India.

● IUCN status : Near

Threatened.
India’s Donkeys

●In recent times ,critical decline in donkey numbers due

to illegal meat and skin trade

●IUCN: Near Threatened

●Used to carry goods across rough terrain

●Serve as a draught animal in farms.

●Donkey milk is more nutritious than bovine milk ( less fat

content )