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Nambor Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary

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Location
  
Assam, India

Nearest city
  
Golaghat

Area
  
97.15 km²

Established
  
2003

Governing body
  
Department of Environment & Forests, Assam

Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary (Assamese: নামবৰ দৈগ্ৰুং অভয়াৰণ্য) is a Morangi located in Golaghat district of Assam in India. This wildlife sanctuary covers an area of 97.15 km2. It is located 25 km from Golaghat town and about 318 km from Guwahati LGBI Airport. The forest type is tropical semi-evergreen with pockets of pure evergreen, interspersed with small forest marshes. The area was declared as a Wildlife sanctuary in 2003. The sanctuary along with Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary (6  km2) and Nambor Wildlife Sanctuary (37 km2) are a part of the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong Elephant Reserve, which was declared on 17 April 2003, with an estimated area of 3,270 km2.

Biodiversity

Flora
Bhelu, Gomari, Ajar, Nahor, Udiyam, Poma, Bon Som etc. It harbors some rare species of orchids.
Fauna
elephant, hoolock gibbon, stumped tailed macaque, pig tailed macaque, slow loris, Assamese macaque, rhesus macaque, tiger, leopard, fishing cat, barking deer, sambar, wild pigs, gaur, etc.
Birds
white winged wood duck, great pied hornbill, wreathed hornbill, adjutant stork, etc.
Reptiles
tortoise, monitor lizard, python, etc.

References

Nambor - Doigrung Wildlife Sanctuary Wikipedia