Wednesday 7 June 2017

Manas Wildlife Sanctuary

This park is home of a great variety of wildlife, including many rare and endangered species, such as these lovely little monkeys 

Manas National Park or Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is a national parkUNESCO Natural World Heritage site, a Project Tiger reserve, an elephant reserve and a biosphere reserve in AssamIndia.
The sanctuary has recorded 55 species of mammals, 380 species of birds, 50 of reptiles, and 3 species of amphibians. 

Hoolock Gibbon in Manas National Park
This postcard was sent by Vinay

The hoolock gibbons are three primate species of genus Hoolock in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae, native to eastern BangladeshNortheast India and Southwest China.
In northeast India, the hoolock is found south of Brahmaputra and east of the Dibang Rivers. - in: wikipedia

Golden Langur in Manas National Park
This postcard was sent by Col Akhil

Gee's golden langur (Trachypithecus geei), or simply the golden langur, is an Old World monkey found in a small region of western AssamIndia and in the neighboring foothills of the Black Mountains of Bhutan. It is one of the most endangered primate species of India. Long considered sacred by many Himalayan people, the golden langur was first brought to the attention of the western world by the naturalist E. P. Gee in the 1950s. - in: wikipedia

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