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Kanha National Park: Kanha National park is located in the
Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh and it extends over an
area of over
1,940-sq-kms. The major feature of this region's interesting
topography is the
horseshoe shape valley and the whole park area is
surrounded by the spurs of the Mekal. By a
special statue in 1955, Kanha national
park came into being since then, a series of stringent
conservation programmes for the
protection of the parks flora and fauna has given Kanha its
deserved reputation for
being one of the finest and best administered national parks in Asia, an
irresistible
attraction for all wild life lovers a true haven for
its animal and avian population.
Kanha
national park has 22 species of mammals. Those most easily spotted are TIGER, Indian hare, Indian
wild dog, the Stripped Palm Squirrel, Common
langur, Jackal, Wild Pig, Chital or Spotless
deer,
Barasingha or Swamp deer, Sambar and black Buck.
Patient watching
should reward the visitor, with a sight of Indian Fox, Sloth bear, Striped
hyena, Jungle
cut, Lepord, Mouse Deer, Chausingha or four horned antelope, Nilgai, Ratel and
Porcupine.
Avian Species: Kanha National Park has some 200 species of birds. Watchers should station
themselves in the hills, where the mixed and bamboo forests harbour many
species and in
the grassy forest clearings. Water birds can be seen near the
parks many rivulets
and at Sarvantal, a pool that is frequented by water bird
and the area in front of the
museum. |