| Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary | |
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| Location | South Tripura district, Tripura |
| Nearest city | Udaipur |
| Coordinates | 23°39′52″N 91°18′42″E / 23.66444°N 91.31167°E / 23.66444; 91.31167 |
| Area | 389.54 km (150.40 sq mi) |
| Established | 1988 |
Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in southern Tripura, India.
Description
The sanctuary covers and area of 389.54 km (150.40 sq mi) and was declared a protected area in 1988.
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. 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.
References
- "Protected area network in India" (PDF). Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
- "Tripura". Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in India (PDF). Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India (Report). November 2021. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
- "Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary at crossroads". Tripura Chronicle. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
External links
- Tripura Archived 7 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine
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