Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary

 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 is a 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 in 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚'𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐣𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in the 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 of the 𝐍𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 and is 𝟔𝟎𝟕.𝟕 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞. It 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 a 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 with 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡 and 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚.It was 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 in 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟐.


The 𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 is 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 by 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐩𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐚 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬. 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐥 is the 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 in this region. The 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞 is 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭. The sanctuary has a 𝐯𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐩𝐲, 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲𝐬, 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐬, 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐬, and 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬.All of these are in the 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐲𝐚𝐧 and 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬.It 𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬 of 𝐦𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐬 and 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐬.

The 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 was 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 for the 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of the 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐫.A 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐲-𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭 was 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐝 for the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 in 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟏.The 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 includes 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞, 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐚, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥'𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨, 𝐘𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰-𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐨, 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐝 and a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 of 𝐌𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐥𝐞. 

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 include 𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰-𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 and 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠.

The 𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐚 occurring includes the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐥𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭, 𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐚, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐫,𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐧,𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥, 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐭, 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐜𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐭,𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 and 𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐠𝐬.𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, including 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐥, 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐰𝐥, 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐚𝐠𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐫𝐚, 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐰𝐤, 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐰𝐥 and 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 are 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.

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