The Royal Chitwan National Park (RCNP), covering an area of 932 square kilometers, and established in 1973, is the oldest national park of Nepal. It was accorded the status of a World Heritage Site in 1984. The RCNP is located at the foot of the Himalayas in the Terai region, and the Park is rich in flora and fauna, which include the last populations of single-horned Asiatic rhinoceros and the Bengal tiger. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Perspective view of the Himalaya and Mount Everest as seen from space looking south-south-east from over the Tibetan Plateau. ... The Terai, or Tarai (i. ... The term flora has several meanings in English: Flora is a collective term for plant life; as distinct from Fauna (animals). ... Fauna is a collective term for animal life, as distinct from Flora (plant life) Fauna is an ancient Roman goddess. ... Species Ceratotherium simum Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Diceros bicornis Rhinoceros unicornis Coelodonta antiquitatis (extinct) A rhinoceros (commonly called a rhino for short) is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulate in the family Rhinocerotidae. ... Trinomial name Panthera tigris tigris The Bengal Tiger or Royal Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) is a subspecies of tiger found through the rainforests and grasslands of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma, China, India and Nepal. ...
The Royal Chitwan National Park is home to at least 43 species of mammals, 450 species of birds, and 45 species of amphibians and reptiles.