- Bori Wildlife Sanctuary
The Bori Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in
Hoshangabad District ofMadhya Pradesh state in centralIndia .Bori Wildlife Sanctuary includes India's oldest forest preserve, the Bori Reserve Forest, established in
1865 along the Tewa River.The sanctuary covers an area of 518 km², located in the northern foothills of the
Satpura Range . It is bounded by theSatpura National Park to the north and east, and by theTawa River to the west. The sanctuary, together with Satpura National Park and thePachmarhi Sanctuary , forms thePachmarhi Biosphere Reserve .The sanctuary is mostly covered in mixed deciduous and
bamboo forests, part of theEastern highlands moist deciduous forests ecoregion. It is an important transition zone between the forests of western and eastern India. Dominant trees includeteak "(Tectona grandis)",dhaora "(Anogeissus latifolia)",tendu "(Diospyros melanoxylon)", among others. Large mammal species includetiger ,leopard ,wild boar ,muntjac deer ,gaur "(Bos gaurus)",chital deer ("Axis axis"), sambar ("Cervus unicolor"), andRhesus Macaque s.
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