The Biodiversity of Assam, a state in North-East India, makes it a biological hotspot with many rare and endemic plant and animal species. The greatest success in recent years has been the the conservation of the Indian rhinoceros at the Kaziranga National Park, but a rapid increase in human population in Assam threatens many plants and animals and their natural habitats. Assam   (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a north eastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a part of Guwahati. ... Assam   (Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a north eastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a part of Guwahati. ... The Himalayas in Sikkim North-East India is the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States and the state of Sikkim. ... Binomial name Rhinoceros unicornis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) is a large mammal found in Nepal and in Assam, India. ... Kaziranga National Park (Assamese: কাজিরাঙ্গা জাতীয় উদ্যান , Assamese IAST: kājirāṅgā jātiya udyāna, Assamese IPA: kÉ‘/ÉŸi/rÉ‘Å‹/gÉ‘, Indian English IPA: kÉ‘/zi/rÉ‘Å‹/gÉ‘) is a famous Indian national park located on the south bank of the Brahmaputra river in the state of Assam, India. ...

A White-winged Wood Duck or Deuhnah

A Golden Langur

Herd of Chital or Futukihorina

Swamp Deer or Dolhorina

Apart from the Rhinoceros and the Tiger, the Spotted Deer or Chital / Futukihorina (Axix axix), the Swamp Deer or Dolhorina (Cervus duvauceli duvauceli), the Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), the Hoolock Gibbon, Pigmy Hog or Nol-gahori (Sus salvanis), the Wild Buffalo, the Hispid Hare, the Golden Langur (Chloropsis cochinchinensis), the Golden Cat, the peculiar Giant Civet, the Binturong, the Hog Badgers, the Porcupines, the Civet cats, etc are found in Assam. Moreover, there are abundant numbers of Gangetic Dolphins, Mongooses, Giant Squirrels and Pythons. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1621x1014, 526 KB) White-winged Wood Duck at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1621x1014, 526 KB) White-winged Wood Duck at Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (857x440, 201 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Axis (genus) Chital ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (857x440, 201 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Axis (genus) Chital ... Binomial name Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777) The chital (or cheetal) deer, also known as the spotted deer or axis deer is a large spotted deer which commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka and most of India. ... Binomial name Cervus duvaucelii (G. Cuvier, 1823) The barasinga (sometimes spelt barasingha) is a type of deer, native to India and Nepal. ... Binomial name Bunopithecus hoolock (Harlan, 1834) The Hoolock Gibbon (Bunopithecus hoolock), also known as just the Hoolock, is a primate species from the family of the gibbons (Hylobatidae) and the only one in the genus Bunopithecus. ... Binomial name Trachypithecus geei (Khajuria, 1956) Gees Golden Langur (Trachypithecus geei) or simply the Golden Langur is an Old World monkey found primarily in the foothills of the Himalayas along the Assam-Bhutan border. ...

Few of the major birds in Assam are: Bluthroated Barbet or Hetuluka (Megalaima asiatica), the White-winged Wood Duck or Deuhnah (Cairina scultulata), the Ring-tailed Fishing Eagle or Kuruwa (Haliaeetus leucorythus), the Great Pied Hornbill or Rajdhonesh (Buceros bicornis homrai), the Himalayan Golden-backed Three-toed Wood-pecker or Barhoituka (Dinopium shorii shorii), and the Migratory Pelicans. Binomial name Cairina scutulata (Müller, 1842) The White-winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata) is a species of dabbling duck in the genus Cairina. ...

Assam is also known for orchids and also for valuable plant species and forest products. Subfamilies Apostasioideae Cypripedioideae Epidendroideae Orchidoideae Vanilloideae For genera, see list of Orchidaceae genera. ...

(Also see: Physical Geography of Assam)

References

• Biodiversity of Assam: Status Strategy & Action Plan for Conservation, eds A K Bhagabati, M C Kalita, S Baruah, Eastern Book House, New Delhi (2006)

External links

• Brahmaputra Valley semi-evergreen forests