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Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve is a reserve in the state of Maharashtra, created by the Indian government in 2008.[1] Located in the Sahyadri Ranges of the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, it is part of the ecoregions of North Western Ghats moist deciduous forests[2] and North Western Ghats montane rain forests.[3] These ranges form a common boundary between Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa, and constitute rich evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests. The area is spread over the four districts of Satara (Mahabaleshwar, Medha, Satara and Patan tahasils), Sangli (Shirala tahasil), Kolhapur (Shauwadi tahasil) and Ratnagiri (Sangameshwar, Chiplun and Khed tahasils).
Sahyadri Tiger Reserve | |
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Wildlife Sanctuary | |
Coordinates: 17.486°N 73.809°E | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
Established | 2008 |
Area | |
• Total | 1,166 km2 (450 sq mi) |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Governing body | Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Project Tiger |
The reserve spreads over Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary forming the northern portion and Chandoli National Park forming the southern part of the reserve. Recently reserve is extended towards Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary.
The total area of the tiger reserve is:[4][5]
The reserve is dedicated to the conservation of the Bengal tiger. On 23 and 24 May 2018, a tiger was photographed in a camera trap in Chandoli, the first direct evidence of tigers in the reserve in eight years. Prior to that, in 2014, scat DNA and model-based predictions were used to estimate that the reserve had 5–8 tigers.[6] Other animals their include the leopard.[7]
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