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The varied topography ranging from the
semi-arid desert conditions to the mountains and lush green forests,
Rajasthan is a home to diverse range of animals and birdlife such as
leopards, tigers, rhesus monkeys, deers, pythons and water birds.
These water birds come in winters to
Rajasthan and the Rajasthan wildlife sanctuaries as well as National
parks are very popular all over the world and hence the numbers of
tourists keep increasing every year.
The wildlife in Rajasthan is given
proper care and importance in the aim of preserving this national
treasure for the future generations.
Ranthambhor National park is one of
the famous Rajasthan wildlife reserve for tigers. This reserve is
surrounded by the Aravallis and Vindhyas and has numerous artificial
lakes.
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This is home to several pavilions, palaces
and forts. This has the tigers, sambhars, leopards, sloth bears,
cheetals, chinkaras, neelgais, hyenas, caracals, ratels, oxes, jackals,
langurs, Indian gazelles and wild boats are found here. More than 300
birds are found in the park.
The wildlife in Rajasthan has been conserved
in the Jaisalmer, Desert National park and sanctuary. The notable
achievement of this park is to protect the Great Indian Bustard being
an endangered species.
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Animals and insects such as desert
monitors, these resemble the miniature of dragons, the sandfish that
swims under the sand, snakes and chameleons, deadly viper are found
here.
Desert hares, Indian wolfs, desert
gerbils, hedgehogs also are a part of this wildlife. The wild life in
Rajasthan is prominent because of the tiger reserve, the Sariska
National park.
This serves as the hunting ground.
The Sariska forest comprises of low hills, wide valleys, steep
escarpments, hill plateaus making it a habitat for endangers tiger
species.
As this is one of the significant
milk pockets, the cattle have literally eroded the region and a total
environmental balance of this region can be seen that is also disturbed
by the human interferences.
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This poses a major thread to wildlife. The
Rajasthan wildlife can spot tigers, leopards, sambhars, cheetals, wild
dogs, blue bulls, four horned antelopes, chinkaras and ratels hers.
The Keoladeo Ghana National Park is a winter
retreat that includes Siberian cranes. The wildlife in Rajasthan is a
favorite haunt for birds as it has fresh water marsh and this it the
main catch for the migratory birds.
The Rajasthan wildlife is interesting as the
array of birds such as spoonbills, geese, duck, herons, egrets, cranes
ibises, pelicans, paradise flycatchers, parakeets, flamingos, darters,
cormorants, kingfishers, shrikes, eagles, blue jays, orioles truly
makes it a paradise for bird watchers as well as lovers.
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