Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary Explained

Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary
Map:India
Location:South Tripura district, Tripura
Nearest City:Udaipur
Coords:23.6644°N 91.3117°W
Established:1988

Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in southern Tripura, India.[1]

Description

The sanctuary covers and area of and was declared a protected area in 1988.[2]

Flora and fauna

The vegetation consists of deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. Major wildlife include the spectacled langur, capped langur, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris, barking deer, clouded leopard, wild boar, hoolock gibbon, leopard cat, crab-eating mongoose, porcupine and Indian python.[3] Dumbur Lake within the sanctuary attracted nearly 17 migratory bird species and 126 native bird species earlier, with the bird visits declining significantly in the late 2010s.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Protected area network in India. 28. Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. 2 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307203800/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf. 7 March 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: Tripura. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. 1 June 2024.
  3. National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in India. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. November 2021. 1 June 2024.
  4. News: Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary at crossroads. Tripura Chronicle. 1 June 2024.