Maharashtra Wildlife

Maharashtra is home to many wildlife sanctuaries and national park. Theses national parks and sanctuaries are home to many rare species of flora and fauna.

• Bhamragarh Sanctuary: Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary is loacted in Chandrapur district in Vidarbha region. Bhamragarh Wildlife Sanctuary has many types of wild animals like leopards, junglee fowl, wild bear and sloth bear, barking deer, blue bull, peacock and flying squirrel. The entire area is covered with the moist deciduous mix forests.
• Bor Wildlife Sanctuary: Bor Wildlife Sanctuary located at Hingni in Wardha in Maharashtra. It covers an area of 61.10 sq km. It includes 3,237 hectors of reserve forest. It has many types of wild animals like Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Indian bison, bule bull, chital, sambar deer, barking deer, mouse deer, monkey, wild boor, sloth bear and wold dog.
• Chaprala Sanctuary: Chaprala Sanctuary located in Gadachiroli district in the Vidarbha region. Chaprala Sanctuary home to nearly 131 species of wild animals like tiger, leopard, junglee cat, sloth bear and wild dog. Many of the species are included under the endangered species of birds, two species of reptiles, Indian Python and common Indian monitor.
• Chikhaldara Sanctuary: Chikhaldara is in Amaravati district of Vidarbha region. It is belived that its name is derived from Keechka. Chikhaladara is situated at an altitude of 1,118 mtrs. This place is the only coffee-growing are in Maharashtra. Chikhaldara is full of deep valleys and these valleys are full of velvet list and majestic trees. Popular as the Melghat Tiger Project and Dhakana-Kolkaz National Park, this stations has wildlife like panthers, sloth bears, sambar, wild boar and wild dog.
• Dajipur Sanctuary: ajipur is situated on the border of Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts. Rugged mountains and dense forests surround this hilly area. Situating 1,200 mtrs above the sea level, it is an exciting and beautiful holiday gateway. Dajipur is home to bison, wild deer, chital, gava and many spectacular wild animals and birds.
• Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary: Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Satara district. It forms the northern portion of the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve with Chandoli National Park forming the southern part of the reserve. The sanctuary has diverse variety of mammals including Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, Indian bison, sloth bear, sambar, barking deer, mouse deer, gray langoor, smooth-coated otters and giant Indian squirrels.
• Nagzira Sanctuary: Nagazira Wildlife Sanctuary has 34 species of mammals, 166 species of birds, 36 species of reptiles and four species of amphibians. Nagazira is home to tiger, pathers, bison, sambar, nilgai, chital, wild boar, sloth bear and wild dog.
• Navegaon National Park: Navegaon is very popular forest in the Vidarbha region. There is a watch-over at Navegaon National Park, from there one can get a panoramic view of the surroundings forest. Dr Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is home for almost 60 % of the bird species found in the entire Maharashtra. Thousands of beautiful migratory birds flock the lake every winter. This sanctuary is also home to leopards, sloth bear, gaurs, chital, sambar and langoor.
• Pench National Park: Pench National Park is located on the border of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, which is at a distance of 70 km from Nagpur. Pench National Park comes under the Project Tiger network for special reserves. Tiger panthers, sambar, chital. barking deer, blue bull, macaque, langoor, wild boar, bear wild dog and civet cat are the wild animals are found in this National Park.
• Tadoba National Park: Tadoba National Park is a large covered with lush, green forestland. It is situated at a distance of 45 km from Chandrapur. Tiger, leopard, leopard cat, gaur, nilgai, sambar, chital, sloth bear, hyena, wild boar, sptted deer, blue bull, four-horned antelope, Indian pangolin and porcupine are the wild animals of this park.
• Tipeshwar Sanctuary: Tipeshwar Sanctuary located in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra. Black buck, blue bull, sambar, peacock, wild boar, bear, wild cat, wolf and jackal are the wild animals that are seen at Tipeshwar Sanctuary.