Tigers of North-Eastern India

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Since the Sunderban tiger thread has gone so well and the images have been fantastic I figured that a thread on Kaziranga and the Tigers that live there would be cool.

While the Tigers in the Sunderbans and Kaziranga are the same Sub Species, the differences between them are as great as the differences between any other tiger sub species.

So lets take a look at the Habitat, terrain and the flora and fauna that live there.

Kaziranga National Park 


is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India. The sanctuary, which hosts two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses is a World Heritage Site.[1] According to the census held in March 2015, which was jointly conducted by the Forest Department of the Government of Assam and some recognized wildlife NGOs, the rhino population in Kaziranga National Park is 2,401. It comprises 1,651 adult rhinos (663 male, 802 are females, 186 unsexed); 294 sub-adults (90 males, 114 females, 90 unsexed); 251 juveniles and 205 cubs.[2] Kaziranga is home to the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world, and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006. The park is home to large breeding populations of elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer.[3] Kaziranga is recognized as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International for conservation of avifaunal species. When compared with other protected areas in India, Kaziranga has achieved notable success in wildlife conservation. Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high species diversity and visibility.

Kaziranga is a vast expanse of tall elephant grass, marshland, and dense tropical moist broadleaf forests, crisscrossed by four major rivers, including the Brahmaputra, and the park includes numerous small bodies of water. Kaziranga has been the theme of several books, songs, and documentaries. The park celebrated its centennial in 2005 after its establishment in 1905 as a reserve forest.



The Kaziranga National Park lies at the edge of eastern Himalayas, with the mighty Brahmaputra flowing in its vicinity. It lies between latitudes 26°34' N to 26°46' N and longitudes 93°08' E to 93° 36' in the 9A Indo-Burma bio-geographical region. Spread over the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of Assam, the Kaziranga National Park covers a vast area of 430 sq km. It is about 217 km away from Guwahati, which is quite accessible place from other parts of the country by road, rail and air. Other places near the Kaziranga include Jorhat (97 km) and Furkating (75 km).

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Kaziranga, Jan 2016. Kaziranga is called "Serengeti of India". For grassland landscape and the teeming wildlife. Here, in one frame--swamp deer rub against each other, a rhino feeds and a water buffalo looks up. Egrets dot the edge of the marsh. We could not turn our eyes away. Please do visit. — at Kaziranga National Park.

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

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