Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary

{{Short description|Wildlife century in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}

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| location = South Tripura district, Tripura

| nearest_city = Udaipur

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| area = {{cvt|389.54|km2}}

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Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in southern Tripura, India.{{cite web|url=http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf|title=Protected area network in India|page=28|work=Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India|access-date=2 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307203800/http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/protected-area-network.pdf|archive-date=7 March 2012|url-status=dead}}

Description

The sanctuary covers and area of {{cvt|389.54|km2}} and was declared a protected area in 1988.{{cite web|url=https://wii.gov.in/eia/wildlife_database/tripura|title=Tripura|work=Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India|access-date=1 June 2024}}

Flora and fauna

The vegetation consists of deciduous and semi-evergreen forests. Major wildlife include the spectacled langur, capped langur, pig-tailed macaque, slow loris, barking deer, clouded leopard, wild boar, hoolock gibbon, leopard cat, crab-eating mongoose, porcupine and Indian python.{{cite report|url=https://tourism.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-04/9%20Compendium%20Book_2021_Low%20%281%29%20%282%29.pdf|title=National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries in India|work=Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India|date=November 2021|access-date=1 June 2024}} Dumbur Lake within the sanctuary attracted nearly 17 migratory bird species and 126 native bird species earlier, with the bird visits declining significantly in the late 2010s.{{cite news|title=Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary at crossroads|url=https://tripurachronicle.in/ArticleDetails.aspx?WhatId=22|work=Tripura Chronicle|access-date=1 June 2024}}

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