Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary Explained

Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary
Iucn Category:	IV
Map:	Myanmar
Relief:	1
Location:	Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Coordinates:	23.6°N 127°W
Area:	260.07km2^[1]
Established:	1941
Governing Body:	Forest Department

Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Sagaing Region that was established in 1941, stretching over an area of 260.07km2.^[1] It is located in Kanbalu Township.

Fauna

Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary provides habitat for Eld's deer. The Indochinese leopard was considered almost locally extinct by 2000.^[2]

Web site: BirdLife International . Important Bird Areas factsheet: Chatthin . 2019 .

Web site: Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary . World Database on Protected Areas . Protected Planet . 2019 .
Aung . M.. Swe. K. K. . Oo . T. . Moe . K. K.. Leimgruber . P. . Allendorf . T. . Duncan . C. . Wemmer . C. . 2004 . 10.1.1.61.3531 . The environmental history of Chatthin Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected area in Myanmar (Burma) . Journal of Environmental Management . 72 . 4 . 205–216. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2004.04.013 . 15294353.