Pakke Tiger Reserve

 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞, is a 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 in the 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 of 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 in 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚. The 𝟖𝟔𝟐 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 reserve was known as 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐡𝐮𝐢 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞, but renamed in 𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 by the 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡.

𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 lies in the 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 and 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 of the 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐬 in 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡'𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 at elevations ranging from 𝟏𝟓𝟎 to 𝟐,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦.It is bounded by 𝐁𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢 or 𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 in the 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 and 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡, and by 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 in the 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭.

A 𝐖𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 at Pakke Tiger Reserve 

𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐤𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 has a 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 with 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 from 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 to 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡. The temperature varies from 𝟏𝟐 to 𝟑𝟔 °𝐂 . Annual rainfall is 𝟐,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬.

The habitat types are 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 and 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬. A total of 𝟑𝟒𝟑 woody species of 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 (𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐬) have been recorded from the lowland areas of the park, with a high representation of species from the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐞 and 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐞.

Notable mammals in the Tiger Reserve are: 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫, 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐠, 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐥, 𝐇𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭, 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐫, 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫, 𝐡𝐨𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥, 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥, 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥, 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐫, 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐫. 

At least 𝟐𝟗𝟔 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 have been recorded from PTR including the 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐤, the 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐬𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥, and the 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐚𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐥.. PTR is a good place to see 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐑𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 of 𝐰𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 and 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 can be observed on the river banks.

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