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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Bori Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
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| iucn_category = IV<br />
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| map = India Madhya Pradesh<br />
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| location = [[Hoshangabad District]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
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| coordinates = {{coords|22.403|78.08|region:IN-MP|notes=|display=inline, title}}<br />
| area = {{Convert|646|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}<ref name=mpenvis>{{cite web |url=http://mpenvis.nic.in/index2.aspx?slid=1965&sublinkid=803&langid=1&mid=1 |title=Wildlife Sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh |date= 30 October 2018 |access-date= 9 June 2021}}</ref><br />
| established = 1977<br />
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The '''Bori Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a wildlife sanctuary in [[Hoshangabad District]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] state in central [[India]].<br />
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The sanctuary covers an area of {{Convert|646|km2|mi2|abbr=on}},<ref name=mpenvis/> located in the northern foothills of the [[Satpura Range]]. It is bounded by the [[Satpura National Park]] to the north and east, and by the [[Tawa River]] to the west. The sanctuary, together with Satpura National Park and the [[Pachmarhi Sanctuary]], forms the [[Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Bori Wildlife Sanctuary includes India's oldest forest preserve, the Bori Reserve Forest, established in 1865 along the Tawa River.<br />
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== Flora and Fauna ==<br />
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=== Flora ===<br />
The sanctuary is mostly covered in mixed deciduous and [[bamboo]] forests, part of the [[Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests]] ecoregion. It is an important transition zone between the forests of western and eastern India. Dominant trees include [[teak]] (''Tectona grandis''), [[dhaora]] (''Anogeissus latifolia''), [[Tendu (tree)|tendu]] (''Diospyros melanoxylon''), among others. <br />
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=== Fauna ===<br />
Large mammal species include [[tiger]], [[leopard]], [[wild boar]], [[muntjac deer]], [[gaur]] (''Bos gaurus''), [[chital deer]] (''Axis axis''), [[sambar deer|sambar]] (''Cervus unicolor''), and [[rhesus macaque]]s.<br />
Small mammals include the flying squirrel, tree shrew, common mongoose, small Indian civet and Indian porcupine.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202152223/http://www.mptourism.com/web/experience/wildlife/sanctuaries/bori.aspx Bori Wildlife Sanctuary] mptourism.com<br />
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[[Category:Eastern Highlands moist deciduous forests]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Hoshangabad district]]<br />
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:1977 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
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