Kameng Elephant Reserve

The Kameng Elephant Reserve, also known as the Kameng Protected Area Complex, is a protected area in the East and West Kameng districts of western Arunachal Pradesh, India. The reserve comprises the three protected areas of Sessa Orchid Sanctuary, Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, and Pakke Tiger Reserve, as well as the Amortala, Doimara and Papum reserved forests within the Khellong Forest Division. With a total area of 1,892 km2 (731 sq mi) and altitudinal range of 106–3,222 m (348–10, 600 ft), the reserve has rugged, heavily forested terrain. Alongside the neighbouring Nameri National Park and Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, the reserve is part of a contiguous forested area of almost 3,500 km2 (1, 400 sq mi). Notified as an Elephant Reserve by the Indian government in 2002, Kameng Elephant Reserve harbours a population of 450–612 Asian elephants according to a 2008 survey estimate. Other mammals found in the reserve include tigers, leopards, clouded leopards, gaur, Asian black bears, red panda, and snow leopards. The reserve is highly biodiverse, with surveys of its constituent protected areas having documented 353 species of birds, 463 species of butterflies, 120 species of mammals, and 35 species of reptiles. The Bugun liocichla and the frog Leptobrachium bompu are both endemic to the Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary.

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