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News: A rare sighting of Phayre’s Leaf Monkeys has been captured on camera at Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in South Tripura.
About Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary
- The Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tripura.
- It is bounded by the international border with Bangladesh on both its eastern and western sides.
- Established in: It was established in 1988.
- Area: It has an area of 194.708 sq. km.
- Vegetation: It is dominate by Tropical Semi evergreen Forest, Moist Mixed Deciduous Forest, and Savanah woodland.
- It has a number of perennial water rivulets, water bodies, and grass land.
- Flora: Trees such as Sal, Gurjan, Asan, Toon, Safed Siris, bamboo, sedges, tall grasses, and shrubs such as Phalsa, Siam weed and Lantana.
- It is home to several important medicinal plants, including Kurchi, Tulsi (Holy Basil), Vasaka, Sarpagandha, Rudraksha and Bael.
- Fauna: Animals such as Indian Gaur (Bison), Deers, Hollock Gibbon, Golden Langur, Capped Langur, Pheasant and many other reptiles and birds are found in the sanctuary.
- Phayre’s Leaf Monkeys has recently been captured on camera at the Sanctuary.
