Minwuntaung Wildlife Sanctuary is a
protected area in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
, covering . It was established in 1971.
[ It ranges in elevation from in ]Sagaing Township
Sagaing Township is a township in Sagaing District in the Sagaing Division of Myanmar. The principal town is Sagaing and tourist spot of Mingun.
Ye Kharr lake between Sagaing Hill and Min Wun Hill produces natural spirulina as in Twintaung of B ...
, Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region ( my, စစ်ကိုင်းတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and lon ...
. It provides habitat for Indian hog deer
The Indian hog deer (''Axis porcinus'') is a small deer native to the Indo-Gangetic Plain in Pakistan, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh to mainland Southeast Asia. It also occurs in western Thailand, and is possibly extirpated from China (in s ...
(''Hyelaphus porcinus'') and Indian muntjac
The Indian muntjac or the common muntjac (''Muntiacus muntjak''), also called the southern red muntjac and barking deer, is a deer species native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. In popular local l ...
(''Muntiacus muntjak'').
See also
*Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry (Myanmar)
The Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry ( my, ) is a ministry in the government of Myanmar responsible for the country's forestry and logging sectors. From 1948 to 5 March 1992, the Ministry was joined with the Ministry of Agr ...
References
External links
{{National parks of Myanmar
Protected areas of Myanmar
Protected areas established in 1971