In Forests of Dooars, North Bengal

[Rishi]

(01-26-2019, 10:11 AM)Jimmy Wrote: Actually the stretch of Terai from India and Nepal is so diverse it already has most of the big and popular animals associated with South Asia- elephant, rhino, gaur, buffalo, sambar, nilgai, barahsingha, blackbuck, wolf, dhole, hyena, both black and sloth bears. It would have been awesome to swap those with Assamese animals- since this region seems to be at a carrying capacity with some giant herbivores. It would absolutely aid in accelerating the restocking process. Sometimes I wonder why it is not happening in earnest already, but then I think it's a bit like the dilemma with 'gir' a pride of the place - kind of thing.

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Terai-Duars belt actually spans from Haryana, west of Rajaji Tiger Reserve to Manas Tiger Reserve in Assam, east of which can be called Brahmaputra floodplains.

The map in Wikipedia is wrong.

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Although it's been along the Himalaya for the past century, it once reached south all over North India. But tiger territory seems to end at Chitwan today. Why?
Tell me on the plainland forests of eastern Nepal. Is that part too fragmented for forests like Kosi-Tappu to connect the East & West naturally?

Thought you'd appreciate these... He's pretty good.
Terai grassland by Thomas Jacob.

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