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Palkot Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Gumla and Simdega district of Jharkhand. It was established in 1990. It covers an area around 760 km 2 of which 182.83 km 2 is forest area. [1] It is a rugged area, consisting partly of flat-topped hills called pat and partly of an undulating plateau, in the south-western portion of Chota Nagpur Plateau.
Crested serpent eagle at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Indian giant squirrel at Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is home to wide variety of wild animals. During a waterhole census in May 2022, Indian elephant, sloth bear, golden jackal, barking deer, wild boar, porcupine, mouse deer, langur, pangolin, Indian giant squirrel and mongooses were spotted. [2]
The Indian elephant is a protected species under Schedule I of the Indian Wild Life Protection Act, 1972. [33] Project Elephant was launched in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Government of India to provide financial and technical support of wildlife management efforts by the states.
The buses for Lawalong and Kunda ply on these roads and halts at important places like Lutidih, Bagra Mor etc. The nearest large railway station is at Daltonganj, 50 km away. [2] Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the district. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.
Four-horned antelope, Indian wild dog, sarus crane, white-rumped vulture, sacred grove bush frog: 3835 15 2008: Great Rann of Kutch: Part of Kutch, Morbi, Surendranagar and Patan districts; the largest biosphere reserve in India. Gujarat: Desert: Indian wild ass: 12454 16 2009: Cold Desert
Ostriches were also formerly native to India, but also became extinct during the Late Pleistocene. [9] [10] India is home to several well-known large animals, including the Indian elephant, [11] Indian rhinoceros, [12] and Gaur. [4] India is the only country where the big cats tiger and lion exist in the wild.
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south. Three subspecies are recognised—E. m. maximus, E. m. indicus and E. m. sumatranus.
The reserve is located over parts of Paschim Medinipur district, Jhargram district and Bankura district of West Bengal, India. The area of the elephant reserve is 414.06 km 2 (159.87 sq mi) and adjoining 1,436 km 2 (554 sq mi) area is also declared as 'Zone of Influence'. The elephant population in MER increased from 47 in 1987 to 118 in 2010. [1]