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04-28-2019 11:42 AM in
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Assam is one of the richest biodiversity zones in the
world and consists of tropical rainforests,deciduous
forests, riverine grasslands, bamboo orchards and
numerous wetland ecosystems, Many are now protected
as national parks and reserved forests. Assam has
wildlife sanctuaries, the most prominent of which are
two UNESCO World Heritage sites the Kaziranga
National Park, on the bank of the Brahmaputra River, and
the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary, near the border with
Bhutan. The Kaziranga is refuges for the fast-
disappearing Indian one-horned rhinoceros. The state is
the last refuge for numerous other endangered and
threatened species including the White-winged Wood
Duck or Deohanh, Bengal Florican, Black-breasted
Parrotbill, Red-headed vulture, White-rumped vulture
Greater Adjutant, Jerdon's Babbler, Rufous-necked
hornbill, Bengal tiger, Asian elephant, Pygmy hog, Gaur,
Wild water buffalo, Indian hog deer, Hoolock gibbon,
Golden Langur, Capped langur, Barasingha,Ganges river
dolphin, Barca snakehead, Ganges shark, Burmese
python, Brahminy river turtle, Black pond turtle, Asian
forest tortoise, and Assam roofed turtle. Threatened
species that are extinct in Assam include the Gharial, a
critically endangered fish-eating crocodilian, and the Pink-headed duck. For the State Bird, the White-winged Wood Duck, Assam is a globally important area.
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04-28-2019 11:58 AM in
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04-28-2019 12:56 PM in
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