Bherjan Bokajan Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuary ( as, ভেৰজান, বোকাজান, পদুমনি অভয়াৰণ্য) is a
protected area located in
Tinsukia district
Tinsukia district () is one of the 34 administrative districts in the state of Assam, India. The district headquarters is located at Tinsukia city. The district occupies an area of 3790 km2.
Towns
*Digboi
* Doomdooma
* Jagun
* Kakopathar
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of Assam located in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
covering 7.22 km
2. This wildlife sanctuary is spread across three blocks located in Tinsukia district of Upper Assam which consist of three separate forests, namely Bherjan, Borajan and Padumoni. It is a very important forest in terms of conservation and includes habitat for animals such as
hoolock gibbon
The hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus ''Hoolock'' in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern Bangladesh, Northeast India, Myanmar, and Southwest China.
Description
Hoolocks are the second-largest of the gibbons, after ...
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capped langur
The capped langur (''Trachypithecus pileatus'') is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat ...
,
pig-tailed macaque The pig-tailed macaques are two macaque sister species. They look almost identical and are best distinguished by their parapatric ranges:
* Northern pig-tailed macaque, ''Macaca leonina'' (Bangladesh to Vietnam, south to northern Malaysia)
* Sout ...
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slow loris
Slow lorises are a group of several species of nocturnal strepsirrhine primates that make up the genus ''Nycticebus''. Found in Southeast Asia and bordering areas, they range from Bangladesh and Northeast India in the west to the Sulu Archip ...
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rhesus macaque
The rhesus macaque (''Macaca mulatta''), colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived. Generally ...
,
leopard, etc.
84 species of birds were recorded here.
See also
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Protected areas of Assam
Assam protected areas includes Seven national parks (2.51% of Assam's area), 16 wildlife sanctuaries (1.88% of Assam's area), and two proposed wildlife sanctuaries.
National parks
Wildlife sanctuaries
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References
External links
Bherjan - Borajan - Padumoni Wildlife Sanctuariesat wildmahseer.com.
Wildlife sanctuaries in Assam
Tinsukia district
Protected areas with year of establishment missing
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