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| Description | This majestic tusker appears in the photos of many travelers in their blogs from the Chitwan National Park. This magnificent beast is one of the captive animals used for the famous Chitwan jungle safari on elephant back. Fortunately, with more and more ethical tourists opting out of the elephant safari (constant riding by humans permanently damages the elephant's back), jeep safaris are offered now as well, which is the one I took the following day. The Chitwan National Park is home to 68 mammal species. like the One Horn Rhino, tiger, leopard, sloth bear (Chitwan is considered to have the highest population density of sloth bears with an estimated 200 to 250 individuals.) and various species of deer. Smooth-coated otters inhabit the numerous creeks and rivulets in the park. Bengal foxes, spotted linsangs (a type of tree dwelling mammal) and honey badgers roam the jungle for prey. Striped hyenas prevail on the southern slopes of the Churia Hills. Sadly, we did not spot any of them- barring the Rhino, and of course these captive elephants- on the two days I was there. During a camera trapping survey in 2011, wild dogs were recorded in the southern and western parts of the park, as well as golden jackals, fishing cats, jungle cats, leopard cats, large and small Indian civets, Asian palm civets, crab-eating mongooses and yellow-throated martens. From time to time wild elephant bulls find their way from Valmiki National Park into the valleys of the park, apparently in search of elephant cows willing to mate. (this is what I just stated above) Apart from numerous wild boars and gaur (wild bison), also sambar deer, red muntjac (mouse deer), hog deer and herds of chital inhabit the park. Four-horned antelopes reside predominantly in the hills. Rhesus monkeys, hanuman langurs, Indian pangolins, Indian porcupines, several species of flying squirrels, black-naped hares and endangered hispid hares are also present. In 2006 they recorded 543 species of birds in the Chitwan National Park, (Sauraha, Chitwan, Nepal, Oct/ Nov. 2019) |
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| Author | shankar s. from Poona (pune), India, India |
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