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CONTENTS:-
1. The Himalaya: an introduction.
2. Wildlife in the Himalaya.
3. Himalayan mammals.
4. Himalayan birds.
5. Himalayan reptiles and fishes.
6. Wildlife conservation in the Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Garhwal and Kumaun, Nepal, Eastern Himalaya. |
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| The Himalayas have varied types of forests which are the home of a unique fauna which include the tiger, leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, gaur, yak, Tibetan wild ass, sambhar, cheetal, musk deer, hog deer, barking deer, wild boar, brown and black bears, pheasants, vultures, eagles, tits, warblers, snakes, crocodiles and jackals. This book discusses in brief the mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes and amphibians found in different parts of the Himalaya. Important national parks and sanctuaries set up to conserve and manage the unique fauna of the Himalayas have also been dealt within this book. |
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