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Feel the Biodiversity of Dense Forest
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Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary is Situated in the
Darjeeling Forest Division with a close proximity
to Bagdogra Airport (20kms) and Siliguri Junction
(10kms) the Mahananda is one of the most
important wildlife sanctuaries in North Bengal.
Mahananda covers an area of more that 150 sq.km
of continuous forest land and was started in
1955 as a game sanctuary mainly to protect Gaur
or Indian Bison which was facing severe threat of
extinction.
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The sanctuary shelters a large population of
migratory elephant for a long period of time. The
sanctuary has got a tremendous importance in the
forest maps of India because of a considerable
number of Bengal Tiger. Despite its small size
the sanctuary holds atleast 14 majestic animals
(according to 2003 census).
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Apart from these the faunal life of the
Mahananda Sanctuary comprises of gaur, leopard,
spotted deer, sloth bear, barking deer, wild dog,
boar, sambar, along with smaller mammals like
porcupine, pangolin, jungle cat, leopard cat,
civet etc. recently some hullock gibbon and black
capped languor have been released in the
sanctuary and they can be seen living with the
company of rhesus monkeys.
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The sanctuary is an ideal place for wildlife
lovers. Several glades, hides and watchtowers
have been created near natural saltlicks and
streams to invite wild animals.
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