Dihing Patkai, the 7th National Park of Assam
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12th Jun, 2021
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The State government notified Dihing Patkai as a National Park (NP).
Context
The State government notified Dihing Patkai as a National Park (NP).
- It also, recently, notified Raimona National Park, as its 6th
About Dihing Patkai National Park
- Location: It straddles eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
- Rivers: Short stretches of the Dirak and Buri Dihing rivers passes through the park
- The park has a rich diversity of reptiles and mammals, including the tiger and clouded leopard.
- It is the only sanctuary in India with seven different species of wild cats - tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, leopard cat, golden cat, jungle cat, and marbled cat.
- Rare animals such as Chinese pangolin, flying fox, wild pig, sambar, barking deer, gaur, serow, and Malayan giant squirrels are also found here.
- Assamese macaque is on the red list of Near Threatened species.
- It has the highest concentration of the rare endangered White Winged Wood Duck.
- Flora: It is occupied by deciduous rainforest interspersed with semi-evergreen flora.
National parks in Assam
- Assam now has the third most National Parks in the country with 7 parks.
- Madhya Pradesh has 12 parks and nine in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- The National Parks in the State are as follows-
- Kaziranga
- Manas
- Nameri
- Orang
- Dibru-Saikhowa
- Raimona National Park
- DihingPatkai
Raimona National Park
- Surrounding areas: Raimona adjoins the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal to its west, Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan inthe north, and Manas National Park to the east.
- River: It forms the boundary with the Sankosh River.
- Fauna: Golden Langur is endemic to the park.
- The other major animals are Asian elephant, Royal Bengal tiger, Clouded leopard, Indian gaur, Wild water buffalo, Spotted deer, Hornbill.
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