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| Kameng Elephant Reserve | |
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| Settlement type | wildlife sanctuary |
| Country | India |
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Kameng Elephant Reserve is an Template:Convert Elephant Reserve established 19 June 2002 in the Himalayan foothills of West Kameng and East Kameng Districts of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The reserve headquarters are at Seijosa.
Geography
It includes Sessa Orchid Sanctuary (36 km2) in the north, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary (128 km2) in the west, Pakhui Tiger Reserve (586 km2) across the Kameng River to the east and reserved forests under Khellong Forest Division (1144 km2). Altitude ranges extremely from Template:Convert to Template:Convert.[1]
Fauna
Wildlife in the reserve includes: 377 Indian elephants (2001 census), Bengal tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, red panda, musk deer, sambhar, hog deer, Himalayan black bear, wild dog, fishing cat, jungle cat, Sunda loris, Indian bison, fox, jackal, black giant squirrel, civet, hare, rhesus macaque, capped langur and yellow-throated marten. 250 varieties of butterflies and 300 species of birds have been recorded including 4 species of hornbills.
Notes
- ↑ Wild Arunachal retrieved 10/11/2007 Kameng Elephant Reserve Template:Webarchive