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Wildlife in Uttaranchal
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Rajaji Wildlife Sanctuary
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Location : Haridwar, Dehradun, Pauri (Uttaranchal).
Covered Area : 820 sq. kms.
Main Attractions : Elephant
Best Time To Visit : Mid-November To Mid-June.
The Rajaji National Park is rich in faunal wealth because of the varied
types of ecological niches existing in the reserve. The main groups occur
are birds, mammals & reptiles snakes and lizards, amphibians (frogs &
toads) and fishes, and chiefly the invertebrate groups are, the scorpions,
centipedes, Odonata (dragon & damselflies), hymenoptera (wasps, bees,
etc.) Isoptera (termites) and lepidoptera which comprises more than 60
species. Our National bird Peacock is found here in abundance.
The smaller carnivores as copredators are leopard cat, jungle cat , civet
cat and yellow throated martin. Besides, other mammals like hyaena, jackal
and bengal fox are not an uncommon sight and work as scavangers in the
park.
all 49 mammals species are belonging to 42 genera, in 21 families and nine
orders have been recorded. According to census done in 1999 there are 445
elephants, 32 tigers and 177 leopards, besides thousands of other wild
animals in the park.
315 birds species are reported to occur in the park. Birds like ducks,
teals, cormorants, egrets, lapwing, pond herons, pea fowl, jungle fowl,
various species of partridges and pheasants, drongo, crows, owlets and
nightjars, birds of prey, etc, are quite common.
Twenty eight species of snakes, 12 species of turtles & tortoises and 9
species of lizards among Reptilia are being recorded from the park.
Ten species under six genera and four families belonging to order Anura
(toads & frogs) with their developmental stages have been recorded from
the park. Uperodon systoma, Polypedates maculatus and Rana crassa are
recorded for the first time from the park. Besides, an interesting
phenomenon of breeding of Bufonids was observed, which showed that B.
stomaticus & B.melanostictus breeds during July-August on the northern
slope of Siwalik ,whereas the same species breeds up to November on the
southern slope. Polypedates maculatus, which inhabits the live tree-holes,
breeds only in July.
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