{"id":172246,"date":"2025-05-21T15:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=172246"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T10:11:38","slug":"species-found-in-assam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/species-found-in-assam\/","title":{"rendered":"Species Found In Assam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Assam has a significant biodiversity; it has numerous species and mammals, including the one horned rhinoceros, tiger, and elephant to a vast variety of birds, reptiles, various fish, etc. Here is a information of some of the species in Assam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Mammals:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large Carnivores- Tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, golden cat, fishing cat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Primate- Hoolock gibbon (only ape in India), golden langur, capped langur, rhesus macaque, pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque, Assamese macaque.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Mammals- One horned rhinoceros, wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, hispid hare, Indian civet, giant squirrel, wild pig, sambar, and barking deer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endangered species- pygmy hog, golden langur and hoolock gibbon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other- Binturong, marbled cat, spotted linsang, crab-eating mongoose, ferret badger, hog badger, hoary bamboo rat and bay bamboo rat.<br><strong>Birds:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Birds- white winged wood duck, great pied hornbill, wreathed hornbill, black stork, blue-bearded bee-eaters.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Birds- lesser Adjutant Stork, White-backed Vulture, White cheeked Hill Partridge, Khaleej Pheasant, Grey Peacock-Pheasant, Rufus necked Hornbill, Beautiful Nuthatch, Black-browed Leaf Wabler, Green Imperial Pigeon, Purple wood or Pale capped Pigeon.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Important Bird area (IBA)- One of significant IBAs and with more than382 species of birds in Assam.<br><strong>Reptiles:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common Reptiles- Indian python, common monitor lizard, Indian tent turtle and Indian cobra.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Other Reptiles- Rock python, King cobra, Asian leaf turtle.<br><strong>Fishes:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Freshwater Fish: Assam possesses the richest diversity of freshwater fish with 185 fish species recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ornamental Fish: Colisa, Nemacheilus, Danio, Botia, and Chaca.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Important fish species cumulatively harvested for consumption: Rohu, Ktla, Pabha, Pabda, Chital, Magur, Singi, and Sol.<br><strong>Other Fauna:<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gangetic Dolphin: Known to be abundant in Brahmaputra and Barak river systems.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orchids: Assam is also known for many species of orchids, with 293 species recorded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bamboo: Assam has recorded 38 naturally growing species of bamboo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cane: Calamus flagellum, Calamus floribunadus, and Calamus latifolius cane species are found throughout Assam.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vulnerable Species: Some species are only limited to isolated pockets or protected areas, such as one-horned rhinoceros, water buffalo, pygmy hog, swamp deer, golden langur, and hoolock gibbon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Assam has a significant biodiversity; it has numerous species and mammals, including the one horned rhinoceros, tiger, and elephant to a vast variety of birds, reptiles, various fish, etc. Here is a information of some of the species in Assam. 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