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Science AIL Project
On:- National parks of Nagaland and
Manipur
By:- Lucky Kori
Class:- 10th C NATIONAL PARK OF NAGALAND INTANKI NATIONAL PARK
• Year of Notification: 1993.
• Total Area: 202.02 (Sq. Km). • Location: Peren district, Nagaland, India Dominant flora: Mahogany, Palms, Rattan, Bamboo, Pinus Khasyia, Pinus Caribiae, Rubia cordifolia, Passiflora edulis, Oroxylum indicum, Elaeocarpus ganitrus, Dipterocarpous macrocarpous, Shorea assamica, Mesua ferra, Panax gensing, Aquilaria agallocha, Pleoni, Phauis, Cymbidium tigrinum etc. Dominant fauna: Mammals – Tiger, Elephant, Wild Dog, Mithun, Hoolock Gibbon, Goral, Barking Deer, Kallej, Sloth Bear, Flying Squirrel, Buffaloes, Sloth bears, Palm civets, Leopards, Pangolins, Porcupine, Sambar, Elephants etc. Birds: White breasted kingfishers, Hornbills, Pheasants, Kaleej, Black stork etc. NATIONAL PARK OF MANIPUR KEIBUL LAMJAO NATIONAL PARK
Area: 40 km2 (15 sq mi)
Established: 28 March 1977 Location: Bishnupur Districr, Manipur India. History The brow-antlered deer, which was first discovered in Manipur in 1839 and named Cervus eldi in 1844 in honour of Lt. Percy Eld – a British officer, was reported an extinct species in 1951. It was re– discovered in the Keibul Lamjao Park area by the environmentalist and photographer E.P. Gee, which necessitated declaring this reserve park area as a national park to protect and conserve the deer now called Eld's deer's subspecies brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi) or Sangai in Meitei language (to distinguish it from the other two subspecies found in Burma and Thailand that are called Cervus eldii thamin and Cervus eldii siamensis and also in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan Island). It has a pride of place in the folklore and culture of the Manipur state and is the state animal of Manipur. The park, primarily composed of moist semi–evergreen forests, has a rich amalgam of aquatic, wetland and terrestrial ecosystem. The grass land structure of the park is divided into three zones. Flora • Aquatic flora recorded in the park include Zizania latifolia (wild rice, ishing kambong), Tripidium bengalense, Eiranthus procerus, Dioscorea bulbifera, Cynodon dactylon, Alpinia galanga, Eichhornia crassipes, Hedychium coronarium, Nelumbo nucifera and Phragmites karka . • Some of the above-listed flora had been recorded in two types of phumdis namely, the phumdi ataoba (floating) and the phumdi aruppa (sinking). • In a 1960 estimate, the phumdi vegetation had been structured into 45% Phragmites karka, 25% Erianthus ravennae (elephant grass), 15% Saccharum munja, 5% . latifolium, 5% Alpinia allughas and 2% Saccharum procerum and 3% other species, including Zizania latifolia. Fauna Apart from the brow-antlered deer (Cervus eldi eldi), the flagship species of the park, other fauna found in the park were the following: • Mammals reported are the hog deer (C. porcinus), wild boar (Sus scrofa), large Indian civet (Viverra civetta), common otter (Lutra lutra), fox, jungle cat (Felis chaus), Asian golden cat, bay bamboo rat, musk shrew, common shrew, flying fox and sambar (Cervus unicolor). • Fishes include Channa striata, Channa punctatus, common carp, Wallago attu and pool barb. • Amphibians and reptiles include the keel back tortoise, viper, krait, cobra, water cobra, banded krait, Asian rat snake ( beauty rat snake), python, Russel's viper (Daboia), checkered garter snake and common lizard (Viviparous reptiles lizard). Python molurus is also found in the park.