In which one of the following States is Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary located?
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Manipur
- Meghalaya
- Nagaland
Explanation
Option (a) is correct
- The Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the East Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh. The area of Pakke Tiger Reserve was initially constituted as Pakhui Reserve Forest on 1 July 1966. In 2001, it was renamed Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary and became Pakhui Tiger Reserve on 23 April 2002.
- The sanctuary covers an area of 862 sq km and has the Kemeng River in the west and the Pakke River in the east. To the south, the sanctuary adjoins Assam’s Nameri National Park, and to the west, it is bounded by Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary and Sessa Orchid Sanctuary.
- It is known for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme: In 2016, the Pakke TR won the India Biodiversity Award in the category Conservation of Threatened Species for its Hornbill Nest Adoption Programme.
- Vegetation: Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, and Himalayan broadleaf forests.
- Major Fauna: Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, clouded leopard, elephant, barking deer, gaur, sambar.
- Non-human Primates: Capped langur, Rhesus macaque, Assamese macaque, and stamp tailed macaques.
- Major Reptilian Fauna: Assam roofed turtle.
