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			{{Short description\|Wildlife sanctuary near Nilambur, Malappuram district}}
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{{Infobox Protected area
| name = Karimpuzha Wildlife sanctuary
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| location =[[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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| area = {{convert|227.97|sqkm|1|abbr=on}}
| established = 2020
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'''Karimpuzha Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a Wildlife sanctuary near [[Nilambur]], [[Malappuram district]] in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. It is declared as a wildlife sanctuary on July 3, 2020. It covers an area of 227.97 sq km and comprises the [[New Amarambalam Reserved Forest]] and Vadakkekotta vested forest, except the Manjeri colony of the [[Cholanaikkan|Cholanaikar]] tribe.<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/karimpuzha-sanctuary-comes-into-being/article31984618.ece|title=Karimpuzha sanctuary comes into being|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 July 2020|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> It forms a portion of the [[Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve]].

==Ecological Significance==
The Karimpuzha WLS links the [[Silent Valley National Park]] in Kerala and [[Mukurthi National Park]] in Tamil Nadu and thereby create a contiguous protective area stretch.<ref name="Times of India">{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kozhikode/karimpuzha-to-be-states-18th-wildlife-sanctuary/articleshow/76718468.cms|title=Karimpuzha to be Kerala’s 18th wildlife sanctuary|newspaper=Times of India|author=K R Rajeev|date=1 July 2020|access-date=4 September 2020}}</ref> It also borders the Mukkuruthi National Park in the south and the [[Silent Valley National Park]] buffer zone in the northeast.<ref name="The Hindu"/> Also, the New Amarambalam reserve which is part of the Karimpuzha wildlife sanctuary has one of the most pristine forests untouched by humans.<ref name="Times of India"/>

The landscape of the wildlife sanctuary ranges from 40m to 2,654m above sea level and hence have a huge altitudinal gradient. The Karimpuzha sanctuary is also the only forest stretch in Kerala where seven forest types are all present- Semi-evergreen forest, Evergreen rainforest, moist deciduous forest, sub-tropical savannah, sub-tropical hill forest, montane wet temperate forest and montane wet grasslands.<ref name="Times of India"/>

==Fauna==
The Karimpuzha wildlife sanctuary has almost all the mammals endemic to [[Western Ghats]] including the [[Nilgiri Tahr]] and [[Lion-tailed macaque]]. The wildlife sanctuary is home to 226 bird, 213 butterfly species,<ref name="Times of India"/> 23 species amphibian species, 33 reptile species and several endangered fish species.<ref name="The Hindu"/>

==See also==
*[[Silent Valley National Park]]
*[[Mukurthi National Park]]

==References==
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Kerala]]
[[Category:South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries of the Western Ghats]]
[[Category:South Western Ghats montane rain forests]]
[[Category:Protected areas of Kerala]]
[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries of India]]
[[Category:2020 establishments in Kerala]]
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