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 About
Kaziranga National Park
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Kaziranga National Park
lies partly in Golaghat
District and partly in
Nagaon District of
Assam. It is the oldest
park in assam covers an
area of 430 Sq kms along
the river Brahmaputra on
the North and the Karbi
Anglong hills on the
South. The National
Highway 37 passes
through the park area
and tea estates, hemmed
by table-top tea bushes.
One can even see the
rhinos and wild
elephants straying near
the highway.
Kaziranga National Park
is one of the last areas
in eastern India
undisturbed by a human
presence. It is
inhabited by the world's
largest population of
one-horned rhinoceroses,
as well as many mammals,
including tigers,
elephants, panthers and
bears, and thousands of
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The park is open from
November to April.
Tourists can take rides
on elephants to move
around the park or
cruise in a boat on the
Brahmaputra along the
park. |
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Snakes:
Black
krait (bungarus
niger), bengal
cobra (naja
kaouthia),
banded krait (bungarus
fasciatus),
common kukri
snake (oligodon
arnensis),
checkered
keelback
watersnake (amphiesma
stolata), common
or long-nosed
vine snake (ahaetulla
nasuta),
copperhead
trinket snake (elaphe
radiata), common
krait (bungarus
caeruleus), king
cobra (ophiophagus
hannah), pit
vipers (trimeresurus
spp.), rock
python (python
molurus),
russel's viper (vipera
russellii),
reticulated
python (python
reticulatus),
rat snake (ptyas
mucosus),
striped keelback
(amphiesma
stolata) |
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Lizards:
Assam greyish-brown
gecko (hemidactylus
garnotii), assam
olive-brown skink (mabuya
multifasciata), assam
greyish-brown gecko (hemidactylus
garnotii), common bengal
monitor (varanus
bengalensis), common
indian skink (mabuya
carinata), dotted garden
skink (lygosoma punctata),
indian water monitor (varanus
salvator), light-olive
assam garden lizard (calotes
emma), ticticky house
gecko (hemidactylus
frenatus), tuckto gecko
(gecko gecko).. |
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Mammals:
One
horned
rhinoceros
(rhinoceros
unicornis),
wild
buffalo
(bubalus
bubalis),
indian
elephant
(elephas
maximus),
royal
bengal
tiger (panthera
tigris),
indian
wild
boar (sus
scrofa),
eastern
mole (talpa
micrura),
pangolin
(manis
crassicaudata),
indian
gaur (bos
gaurus),
swamp
deer (cervus
duvauceli),
sambar (cervus
unicolor),
barking
deer (muntiacus
muntjak),
white
browed
gibbon (hylobates
hoolock),
hog deer
(axis
porcinus),
capped
langur
or leaf
monkey (presbytis
pileatus),
rhesus
macaque
(macaca
mulatto),
assamese
macaque
(macaca
assamensis),
leopard
(panthera
pardus),
sloth
bear(melursus
ursinus),
indian
porcupine
(hystrix
indica),
fishing
cat (felis
viverrina),
jungle
cat (felis
chaus),
large
indian
civet (viverra
zibetha),
small
indian
civet (viverricula
indica),
ndian gray
mongoose (herpestes
edwardsi), small
indian mongoose
(herpestus
auropunctatus),
bengal fox (vulpes
bengalensis),
golden jackal (canis
aureus), common
otter (lutra
lutra), chinese
ferret badger (melogale
moschata), hog
badger(arctonyx
collaris),
ganges and indus
river dolphin (platanista
gangetica),
orange-bellied
himalayan
squirrel (dremomys
lokriah),
asiatic black
bear (selenarctos
thibetanus) |
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