Kanha National Park
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Kanha Tiger Reserve, also known as Kanha–Kisli National Park, is one of the tiger reserves of India and the largest national park of the state of Madhya Pradesh. The present-day Kanha area is divided into two protected areas, Hallon and Banjar, of 250 and 300 km2, respectively. Kanha National Park was created on 1 June 1955 and was designated a tiger reserve in 1973. Today, it encompasses an area of 940 km2 in the two districts Mandla and Balaghat. ()
Madhya Pradesh
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Wildlife
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Bengal tiger
The Bengal tiger is a population of Panthera tigris tigris native to the Indian subcontinent. It is threatened by poaching, loss, and fragmentation of habitat, and was estimated at...
Mammals
Asiatic Wild Dog, Red Dog, Dhole
The dhole is a canid native to Central, South, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. Other English names for the species include Asian wild dog, Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog...
Mammals
Egyptian vulture
The Egyptian vulture, also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron.
Birds
Sloth bear
The sloth bear is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent. It feeds on fruits, ants and termites. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, mainly because of...
Mammals
Gaur
The gaur, also called the Indian bison, is native to South and Southeast Asia and has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population has been estimated at...
Mammals
Madhya Pradesh