Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is a
reserve in the state of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, created by the
Indian government in 2008. Located in the Sahyadri Ranges of the
Western Ghats of
Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...
, it is part of the
ecoregions of
North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests and
North Western Ghats montane rain forests.
[Wikramanayake, Eric; Eric Dinerstein; Colby J. Loucks; et al. (2002). ''Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: a Conservation Assessment.'' Island Press; Washington, DC. pp 281-284.] These ranges form a common boundary between Maharashtra,
Karnataka and
Goa, and constitute rich evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The area is spread over the four districts of
Satara (
Mahabaleshwar,
Medha,
Satara and
Patan Patan may refer to several places in Afghanistan, India and Nepal:
Afghanistan
*Patan, Afghanistan
India
* Patan district, in the state of Gujarat
* Patan, Gujarat, the main city of the eponymous district
* Patan was the ancient capital of Gujara ...
tahasils),
Sangli (
Shirala tahasil),
Kolhapur (
Shauwadi tahasil) and
Ratnagiri
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(
Sangameshwar,
Chiplun and
Khed tahasils).
Area
The reserve spreads over
Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary forming the northern portion and
Chandoli National Park forming the southern part of the reserve. Recently reserve is extended towards
Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary.
The total area of the tiger reserve is:
* Core Area:
* Buffer Area:
* Total Area:
Fauna
The reserve is dedicated to the conservation of the
Bengal tiger. On 23 and 24 May 2018, a tiger was photographed in a
camera trap in Chandoli, the first direct evidence of tigers in the reserve in eight years. Prior to that, in 2014, scat DNA and model-based predictions were used to estimate that the reserve had 5–8 tigers. Other animals their include the
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 ...
.
See also
*
Tiger poaching in India
*
Tiger reserves of India
*
Vashishti River
*
Wildlife of India
References
{{Tiger Reserves Of India
Wildlife sanctuaries in Maharashtra
Tiger reserves of India
2008 establishments in Maharashtra
Protected areas established in 2008