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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Wildlife sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
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| map = India Madhya Pradesh<br />
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| map_alt = Kheoni wildlife sanctuary (location within Madhya Pradesh)<br />
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| label = Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
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| location = [[Dewas district]] and [[Sehore district]] in [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
| nearest_city = [[Kannod]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coords|22.8373|76.8765|region:IN|notes=|display=inline, title}}<br />
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| area = {{Convert|134.778|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name=envisWLS>{{cite web |url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/wls_8230.aspx |title=List of Wildlife Sanctuaries (as on December 2020) |access-date= 22 December 2021}}</ref><br />
| established = 1974<br />
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| governing_body = Forest Department, Madhya Pradesh<br />
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'''Kheoni''' is a wildlife sanctuary<ref name=envis>{{cite web |url=http://wiienvis.nic.in/Database/Madhya_Pradesh_7828.aspx |title=Protected Area Gazette Notification Database (Madhya Pradesh)|access-date= 22 December 2021}}</ref> located in [[Kannod]] Tehsil of [[Dewas district]] and parts of [[Sehore district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://wildtrails.in/kheoni-wildlife-sanctuary/ |title= Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary |website= WildTrails Recent Sightings}}</ref> It is spread over an area of 132 square kilometers. It is connected to [[Ratapani Tiger Reserve]] through corridors. The dry deciduous forest consists of teak, tendu and bamboo.<br />
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It has a presence of tigers,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/tigers-spotted-for-first-time-in-madhya-pradeshs-kheoni-wildlife-sanctuary-2202047.html |title=Tigers Spotted for First Time in Madhya Pradesh's Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=[[News18]] |date=24 June 2019 |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |access-date= 2 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/mp-5-tigers-spotted-in-dewas-kheoni-sanctuary/articleshow/69931965.cms |title=tigers at dewas' kheoni sanctuary: MP: 5 tigers spotted in Dewas' Kheoni sanctuary |date=24 June 2019 |agency=TNN |publisher=[[Times of India]] |access-date= 16 January 2022}}</ref> which have apparently migrated from [[Ratapani Tiger Reserve|Ratapani]] and colonized Kheoni. Leopards are present in significant numbers. Other commonly found carnivores are jungle cats, jackals and striped hyena. The dominant herbivore species are [[nilgai]], [[blackbuck]], [[chinkara]] and [[chital]] (spotted deer). [[Sambar deer|Sambar]], [[wild boar]], [[barking deer]], [[four-horned antelope]], and [[Asian palm civet|palm civet]] are also present, but rarely sighted.<br />
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According to a bird survey done in April 2018, Kheoni has around 125 species of birds, including the state bird of Madhya Pradesh, the [[Indian paradise flycatcher]].<ref>{{cite news |date= 9 April 2018 |title= Four new species found in first Malwa bird count |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/first-malwa-bird-counting-four-new-species-found-in-first-bird-survey/articleshow/63672444.cms |publisher=[[Times of India]]}}</ref> Other birds in abundance are [[plum-headed parakeet]], [[Eurasian collared dove]], [[laughing dove]], [[Yellow-throated sparrow|chestnut shouldered petronia]], [[common crow]] and [[black drongo]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoxmzlMv2pk |title=Kheoni Wildlife Sanctuary - The Land Unknown |lang=hi |date=3 May 2021 |access-date=16 January 2022 |website=www.youtube.com}}<br />
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Dewas district]]<br />
[[Category:Sehore district]]<br />
[[Category:1974 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1974]]</div>UpdateBot