Mizoram National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries & Ramsar Sites

Dampa Tiger Reserve

• It is located in the Lushai Hills (Mizo Hills).
• Though no tiger was found in the reserve in 2018 tiger census, recently a tiger was spotted.
• It has one of the highest clouded leopard (VU) populations in South & South East Asia.
• Major Fauna: Tiger, Indian leopard, clouded leopard.
• Major Avifauna: Great hornbill.
• Threats: Shifting cultivation, oil palm & teak plantations.

Murlen National Park

• It is located close to the Chin Hills of Myanmar. It is to the south of Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary.
• Vegetation: Semi-evergreen and sub-montane forests.
• Major Fauna: Tiger, leopard, Malayan giant squirrel, Himalayan black bear, serow, hoolock gibbon.
• Major Avifauna: Mrs. Hume’s pheasant (NT), the state bird of Mizoram and hill myna.

Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park

• It covers the entire Phawngpui mountain or Blue Mountain (2,157 m), the highest peak of Mizoram.
• Major Fauna: Slow loris, tiger, leopard, serow, goral.
• Mrs. Hume’s pheasant (NT), the state bird of Mizoram.

Wildlife Sanctuaries of Mizoram

• Khawnglung Wildlife Sanctuary: Lushai Hills; it is to the southwest of Murlen National Park and to the southeast of Dampa Tiger Reserve.
• Lengteng Wildlife Sanctuary: North of Murlen National Park in the Lushai Hills.
• Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary: Southern Mizoram in the Mizo Hills.
• Tawi Wildlife Sanctuary: Southwest of Murlen National Park in the Lushai Hills.
• Thorangtlang Wildlife Sanctuary: Mizo Hills of the Lunglei district.
• Tokalo Wildlife Sanctuary: South of Ngengpui Wildlife Sanctuary.

Ramsar Sites of Mizoram (1)

Pala Wetland

• Pala Tipo/Pala Lake is a natural lake in the the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot. It is a component of the Palak WLS.
• Major Fauna: Sambar Deer (VU), Barking Deer (Muntjac – LC), Hoolock Gibbon (EN)