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Wildlife Guide
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Corbett National Park is the first National Park of India. It is an important junction for eco tourism as there is large concentration of Flora and Fauna available here.
The Corbett National Park had launched Project Tiger,the aim of the project was to save the Indian Tiger from extinction. According to an estimation of 1984,the Tiger population was around 90 in the Park. Now the population has increased considerably due to 'Project Tiger'.
Tiger hunt deer and wild boar. They choose larger of the prey species as larger prey represent more energy for the effort spent. Among the large cats,Indian tigers have the greatest reputation as man eater. Several man eating tigers are known,especially during the terai-bhabar region. Such tigers have been immortalized through the writings of Jim Corbett.
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The Elephant is the largest of the land animals and it is an integral part of the Park. The Park has around 700 Asian Elephants. These elephants are migratory they also lives in Rajaji National Park. Earlier the population of elephant was very less but thanks to the desperate measures taken by the Park officials,their population in the park has increased significantly in recent decades. Elephants are easily sighted around Dhikala chaur,Phulai chaur and near the Saddle Dam.
Besides these legendary animals Pangolin is also found at Corbett National Park. You may found pangolin around the lower slopes of mountains,sub tropical thorn forest and plains. Indian Pangolin are 45-75 cm long. They have small triangular shaped head. Their tongue is 23-25.5 cm long and the tail is 33-45 cm long. They don't have teeth,their capacity of hearing is very poor and have a bad eyesight.
According to the IUCN Red list the pangolin is listed as the endangered species.
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