KANHA TIGER RESERVE
CONTEXT
- A tigress was found dead in the buffer zone of Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh.
BACKGROUND
- 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. Members of the Baiga tribe, a semi-nomadic tribe of central India is found in tiger reserve.
FLORA
- Kanha Tiger Reserve is home to over 1000 species of flowering plants. The lowland forest is a mixture of sal (Shorea robusta) and other mixed-forest trees, interspersed with meadows. The highland forests are tropical moist, dry deciduous type.
FAUNA
- The State animal of Madhya Pradesh – Hard Ground Barasingha (Swamp deer or Rucervus duvaucelii) is found exclusively in Kanha Tiger Reserve
- Other Species found include Tiger, Leopard, Dhole, Bear, Gaur and Indian Python etc.
- It is the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot, “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha”.