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{{Infobox protected area
| name = Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary
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| photo = Himalayan Cutia Cutia nipalensis photo by Dr. Raju Kasambe (1).jpg
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| photo_caption = [[Himalayan Cutia]] at the Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary
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| location = near the [[Myanmar]] border in [[Champhai District]], [[India]]
| nearest_city = [[Ngopa]]
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| area = {{Convert|120|km2|abbr=on}}
| established = {{start date and age|1999}}
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| governing_body = Department of Environment and Forests, Government of Mizoram
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'''Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a protected area in [[Saitual district]] in eastern [[Mizoram]], northeast [[India]]. It is an alpine forest and contains the second highest peak in Mizoram. It is specially a conservation interest on rare species of birds.<ref name=birdlife>{{cite web|title=Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=18320|publisher=Birdlife International|accessdate=11 April 2014}}</ref> It was declared a [[Protected areas of India|protected area]] in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|title=Protected Area Network in India|url=http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Environment and Forests|accessdate=12 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307203800/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kathayat|first=JS|title=LIST OF PROTECTED AREAS IN MIZORAM|url=http://nbaindia.in/uploaded/state-wise/miz/1.list_Protectedareas_miz.pdf|publisher=National Wildlife Database Cell|accessdate=12 April 2014|date=24 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413131108/http://nbaindia.in/uploaded/state-wise/miz/1.list_Protectedareas_miz.pdf|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a national [[wildlife sanctuary]] by the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Indian Ministry of Environment and Forests]] on 31 May 2001.<ref name=ef>{{cite web|title=Protected areas|url=http://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/protected-areas.html|publisher=Department of Environment & Forests, Government of Mizoram|accessdate=11 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413142422/http://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/protected-areas.html|archive-date=13 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Geography==

Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Champhai district, only a few kilometres from [[Indo-Burma barrier|Indo-Burma border]] and north of [[Murlen National Park]]. It lies adjacent to the village [[Lamzawl]], and the nearest town is [[Ngopa]]. [[Selam, Champhai|Selam]] village is within the sanctuary. It is at an altitude of 400-2,141 m asl. It covers an area of {{Convert|12000|ha|abbr=on}}. It consists of several mountain peaks, and one of them is the second highest in all of Mizoram. Vegetation types are [[tropical evergreen forest]] and sub-tropical montane forest.<ref name=birdlife/>

==Vegetation==

Lengteng is densely covered with evergreen and semi-[[evergreen trees]]. Major trees are ''[[Quercus leucotrichophora]]'', ''[[Lithocarpus]] dealbata'', ''[[Schima wallichii]]'', ''[[Lyonia ovalifolia]]'' and ''Vaccinium sprengelii''. Common herbs are ''Ageratum adenophorum'', ''Maesa indica'' and ''Eurya cerasifolia''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lalremsanga|first=H.T.|author2=Khawlhring, L |author3=Lalrotluanga |title=Three additional lizard (Squamata: Sauria) records for Mizoram, India|journal=Journal of Threatened Taxa|year=2010|volume=2|issue=2|pages=718–720|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02406p068f.pdf|doi=10.11609/jott.o2246.718-20|doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Wildlife==

Lengteng is home to a variety of animal species including birds. The most notable birds are the [[dark-rumped swift]], [[grey sibia]], [[Mrs. Hume's pheasant]], [[Grey peacock-pheasant|grey peacock pheasant]], [[Oriental pied hornbill]], [[rufous-bellied eagle]], and [[white-naped yuhina]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary IBA|url=http://globalspecies.org/birdareas/display/18320|publisher=Global Species|accessdate=12 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Choudhury|first=Anwaruddin|title=Notable bird records from Mizoram in north-east India|journal=Forktail|year=2006|volume=22|pages=152–155|url=http://orientalbirdclub.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Choudhury-Mizoram.}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Blyth's tragopan|Blyth’s tragopan]] was also reported from a survey in 2011.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lalawmawia|first=S|author2=Solanki, GS |author3=Ramanujam, SN |author4= Lalthanzara, H |title=Survey on distribution of pheasants (Galliformes) in Mizoram, India|journal=Science Vision|year=2013|volume=13|issue=2|pages=90–95|url=http://www.sciencevision.org/current_issue/dl/Lalawmawia.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Lalthanzara|first=H |author2=Lalramliana |author3=Vanramliana |title=Blyth’s Tragopan (''Tragopan blythii'') in Lengteng Wildlife sanctuary, Mizoram, India|journal=Science Vision|year=2011|volume=11|issue=4|pages=108–112|url=http://www.sciencevision.org/current_issue/dl/Science%20Vision%2044-4%20Zara.pdf}}</ref> Common animal species include [[tiger]], [[leopard]], [[sambar deer]], [[barking deer]], [[goral]], [[serow]], [[hoolock gibbon]], [[rhesus macaque]] and [[wild boar]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=India {{!}} Mizoram Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary|url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Lengteng-Wildlife-Sanctuary-22354.htm|publisher=Online Highways LLC|accessdate=12 April 2014}}</ref> An [[IUCN Red List|IUCN]]-classified [[vulnerable species]] of primate, [[northern pig-tailed macaque]] is reported here.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=Boonratana, R. |author2=Chetry, D. |author3=Yongcheng, L. |author4=Jiang, X.-L. |author5=Htun, S. |author6=Timmins, R.J. |date=2020 |title=''Macaca leonina'' |volume=2020 |page=e.T39792A186071807 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T39792A186071807.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>

==Conservation==

Lengteng was declared a national wildlife sanctuary by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, [[Government of India]]. The administration is under the state government through the Department of Environment and Forests.<ref name=ef/> There had long been conservation problems among the native inhabitants such as villagers of Kawlbem, who had religious tradition of hunting wild animals for [[New Year Festival|New Year feasts]]. The practised was stopped in 2010 under pressure from the government.<ref>{{cite news|title=No more wild animals for New Year feast in Mizoram village|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/no-more-wild-animals-for-new-year-feast-in-mizoram-village/article77129.ece|accessdate=12 April 2014|newspaper=The Hindu|date=7 January 2010}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.visitnortheast.com/lengteng-wildlife-sanctuary.php Visit Northeast]
*[http://tourism.mizoram.gov.in/page/wildlife-sanctuary.html Department of Tourism, Mizoram]
*[http://www.aizawlonline.in/About/Tourism/sanctuaries.html Aizawl online]

[[Category:Protected areas of Mizoram]]
[[Category:Geography of Mizoram]]
[[Category:Champhai district]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Bird sanctuaries of India]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1999]]

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