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Dihing Patkai, the 7th National Park of Assam

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  • Published
    12th Jun, 2021

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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