The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in
Hoshangabad District of
Madhya Pradesh state in central
India.
The sanctuary covers an area of ,
[ located in the northern foothills of the Satpura Range. It is bounded by the ]Satpura National Park
Satpura Tiger Reserve (STR) also known as Satpura National Park is located in the Hoshangabad District (newly named Narmadapuram ) of Madhya Pradesh in India. Its name is derived from the Satpura range. It covers an area of . Satpura National Pa ...
to the north and east, and by the Tawa River to the west. The sanctuary, together with Satpura National Park and the Pachmarhi Sanctuary, forms the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve.
History
Bori Wildlife Sanctuary includes India's oldest forest preserve, the Bori Reserve Forest, established in 1865 along the Tawa River.
Flora and Fauna
Flora
The sanctuary is mostly covered in mixed deciduous and bamboo forests, part of the Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
The Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests, presently known as East Deccan moist deciduous forests, is a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests ecoregion in east-central India. The ecoregion covers an area of , extending across po ...
ecoregion. It is an important transition zone between the forests of western and eastern India. Dominant trees include teak (''Tectona grandis''), dhaora
''Anogeissus latifolia'' is a species of small to medium-sized tree native to the India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka. Its common names are axlewood (English), ''bakli, baajhi, dhau, dhawa, dhawra'', or ''dhaora'' (Hindi), ''takhian-nu'' (Thai l ...
(''Anogeissus latifolia''), tendu (''Diospyros melanoxylon''), among others.
Fauna
Large mammal species include tiger, leopard
The leopard (''Panthera pardus'') is one of the five extant species in the genus '' Panthera'', a member of the cat family, Felidae. It occurs in a wide range in sub-Saharan Africa, in some parts of Western and Central Asia, Southern Russia, a ...
, wild boar, muntjac deer, gaur (''Bos gaurus''), chital deer (''Axis axis''), sambar (''Cervus unicolor''), and rhesus macaques.
Small mammals include the flying squirrel, tree shrew, common mongoose, small Indian civet and Indian porcupine.
References
External links
Bori Wildlife Sanctuary
mptourism.com
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Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests
Tourist attractions in Hoshangabad district
Wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh
1977 establishments in Madhya Pradesh
Protected areas established in 1977