Avari, E.D., 1957. The Jaldapara Game Sanctuary, West Bengal. Journal of the Bengal Natural History Society 29 (3): 65-68, pls. 1-2
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Asia - South Asia - India |
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Distribution - Records |
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Indian Rhino |
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The main Sanctuary in West Bengal is the Jaldapara Game Sanctuary situated in the Eastern Dooars, and broadly speaking, bordering Cooch Behar in the South, Bhutan in the North and Assam in the East. It is comprised partly of the Madarihat range of the Jalpaiguri Forest Division and parts of the Nilpara and Chilapatta ranges of the Buxa Forest Division. The total area of the Sanctuary is about 40 square miles mostly composed of riverain forests spread over abandoned courses of the Toorsa river and its tributaries south of the Nilpara-Madarihat road. Possessing ideal cover for the Rhinoceros, being overgrown with tall grass and reeds, with several low lying isolated swamps, this type of country grows the favourite food of the Rhino, wild ginger and the tender shoots of marsh reeds.
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The Jaldapara Game Sanctuary, West Bengal
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