Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary

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Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
 

News: Delhi’s Forest Departments is looking to move Deer from Deer Park in Hauz Khas to the Asola Bhatti WS.
 

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 Asola-Bhatti WS covering 32.71 km2 area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on DelhiHaryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state.
 Biodiversity significance of Ridge lies in its merger with Indo-Gangetic plains, as it is the part of the Northern Aravalli leopard wildlife corridor, an important wildlife corridor which starts from the Sariska National Park in Rajasthan, passes through Nuh, Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana and ends at Delhi Ridge.
 There are about 193 species of birds reported from Asola along with large number of medicinal plants, more than 80 species of butterflies, hundreds of other insects, mammals such as leopards, nilgai (blue bull, the largest antelope of the country), blackbuck (fastest land animal surviving in the wild in the country), black-napped hare, Indian crested porcupine, small Indian civet, golden jackal, and jungle cat.