Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary:
Assam’s Hoollongapar Sanctuary, which is home to the endangered western hoolock gibbon, is also one of the richest butterfly habitats in the state where several of the rare winged beauties are found, says a new book.
- Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Jorhat district of Assam.
- It is named after the Hoolock Gibbon, the only ape species found in India. It has the thickest gibbon populations in Assam.
- The Bhogdoi River creates a waterlogged region dominated by semi-hydrophytic plants along the border of the sanctuary.
- Most of the vegetation is evergreen in character and is composed of several canopy layers.
- Hollong trees, Nahar trees and many shrubs.
- It is home to the only nocturnal primate found in the northeast Indian states, the Bengal slow loris.
- Other primates include the stump-tailed macaque, northern pig-tailed macaque, eastern Assamese macaque, rhesus macaque, and capped langur.
- Also found at the sanctuary are Indian elephants, tigers, leopards, jungle cats, wild boar, three types of civet, four types of squirrel, etc.
- The sanctuary is home to many species of birds, including several rare and endangered species, such as the white-winged wood duck, the Bengal florican, and the great hornbill.
