Manas National Park

This article is about the park in India. For the park in Bhutan, see Royal Manas National Park.

Manas National Park
Manas Biosphere Reserve
Main entrance of Manas National Park
Map showing the location of Manas National Park
Map showing the location of Manas National Park
LocationChirang and Baksa District, BTR, Assam, Northeastern India
Nearest cityBarpeta Road, Assam
Coordinates26°43′N 90°56′E / 26.717°N 90.933°E / 26.717; 90.933
Area500 square kilometres (190 sq mi) (core area)
Established1990
Governing bodyMinistry of Environment and Forests, Government of India
TypeNatural
Criteriavii, ix, x
Designated1985 (9th session)
Reference no.338
RegionAsia-Pacific
Endangered1992–2011[1]
Manas National Park entrance gate

Manas National Park is a national park, Project Tiger reserve, and an elephant reserve in Assam, India. Located in the Himalayan foothills, it borders the Royal Manas National Park[2] in Bhutan. The park is known for its rare and endangered endemic wildlife such as the Assam roofed turtle, hispid hare, golden langur and pygmy hog. It also hosts the only known population of pygmy hogs in the world.[3] Manas is also famous for its population of the wild water buffalo.[4] Because of its exceptional biodiversity, scenery, and variety of habitats, Manas National Park is a biosphere reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[5]

  1. ^ Successful preservation of India's Manas Wildlife Sanctuary enables withdrawal from the List of World Heritage in Danger at UNESCO website
  2. ^ "WWF - Royal Manas National Park, Bhutan". Archived from the original on 7 November 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  3. ^ Chakravorty, P.; Sanyal, S. (2017). "Conservation of the Pygmy Hog in India". In Pratihar, S.; Clark, Jr. H.O. (eds.). Defaunation and Conservation. Tucson, Arizona: Herpetological Society, Tucson. pp. 95–104. ISBN 978-93-85248-79-5.
  4. ^ Choudhury, A.U.(2010)The vanishing herds : the wild water buffalo. Gibbon Books, Rhino Foundation, CEPF & COA, Taiwan, Guwahati, India
  5. ^ "Manas Wildlife Sanctuary". UNESCO World Heritage Convention. United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 3 June 2023.