Orang National Park

• A full grown rhino died after in an infighting incident with another rhino Orang national Park and Tiger Reserve.

ABOUT ORANG NATIONAL PARK

• It was formerly known as the Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park.
• It is located on the north bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Darrang and Sonitpur districts of Assam.
• It was established as a sanctuary in 1985 and declared a National Park in April 1999.
• It is the 49^th Tiger Reserve of the country, notified in 2016.
• It is also known as the mini Kaziranga National Park since the two parks have a similar landscape made up of marshes, streams and grasslands
• It is known for its population of Great Indian One-Horned Rhinoceros and the Royal Bengal Tiger.
• It is the only stronghold of rhinoceros on the north bank of the Brahmaputra
• Other species include
  • pygmy hog, elephants, wild buffalo, Indian rock python
  • Bird species include- Spot Billed Pelican, White Pelican, Greater Adjutant Stork, Brahminy Duck, Bengal Florican
• Flora: The park is rich in vegetation of forests, natural forest, grasses, and aquatic and non-aquatic plants. Example- Bombax ceiba, Dalbergia sissoo, Sterculia villosa, Trewia nudiflora, Zizyphus jujuba and Litsea monopetala etc.