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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Wildlife sanctuary in Mizoram, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox protected area<br />
| name = Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary<br />
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| iucn_category = IV<br />
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| map = India Mizoram#India<br />
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| map_alt = Location of Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary in Mizoram<br />
| map_caption = Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary (in Mizoram)<br />
| label = Pualreng WS<br />
| mark = Green pog.svg<br />
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| location = [[Kolasib district]], [[Mizoram]], [[India]]<br />
| nearest_city = [[Aizawl]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.136|92.838|region:IN-MZ|display=inline,title}}<br />
| coords_ref = {{cn|date=March 2026}}<br />
| area = {{convert|50|km2|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/pualreng-wildlife-sanctuary |title=Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=Environment, Forests & Climate Change Department, Government of Mizoram |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref><br />
| established = 29 July 2004<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wii.gov.in/eia/wildlife_database/mizoram |title=Mizoram Protected Areas Database |publisher=Wildlife Institute of India |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref><br />
| governing_body = Environment, Forests & Climate Change Department, Government of Mizoram<br />
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'''Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a [[List of wildlife sanctuaries of India|wildlife sanctuary]] in the [[Kolasib district]] in the Indian state of [[Mizoram]]. It was notified on 29 July 2004 and it covers approximately 50 km² of tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forest in the northeastern hill ranges.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/pualreng-wildlife-sanctuary |title=Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=Environment, Forests & Climate Change Department, Government of Mizoram |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wii.gov.in/eia/wildlife_database/mizoram |title=Mizoram Protected Areas Database |publisher=Wildlife Institute of India |access-date=4 July 2025}}</ref><br />
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==Geography and climate==<br />
The sanctuary ranges up to 750 m above sea level and receives 2,000–3,900 mm of annual rainfall. Summer temperatures reach 20–30 °C, while winters drop to 10–20 °C.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==Biodiversity==<br />
Pualreng’s forests support a rich assemblage of mammals including [[hoolock gibbon]] (<i>Hoolock hoolock</i>), [[slow loris]] (<i>Nycticebus</i> sp.), [[Semnopithecus|common langur]] (<i>Semnopithecus</i> sp.), [[Himalayan black bear]] (<i>Ursus thibetanus</i>), [[leopard]] (<i>Panthera pardus</i>), [[Sambar deer|sambar]] (<i>Rusa unicolor</i>), [[barking deer]] (<i>Muntiacus muntjak</i>), [[binturong]] (<i>Arctictis binturong</i>) and [[Chinese pangolin]] (<i>Manis pentadactyla</i>).<ref name=":0" /><br />
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Over 100 bird species have been recorded, notably [[Great hornbill|Great Hornbill]] (<i>Buceros bicornis</i>), [[Wreathed hornbill|Wreathed Hornbill]] (<i>Rhyticeros undulatus</i>), [[Pied hornbill (disambiguation)|Pied Hornbill]] (<i>Anthracoceros albirostris</i>), [[kalij pheasant]] (<i>Lophura leucomelanos</i>), [[Peacock-pheasant|Bhutan peacock-pheasant]] (<i>Polyplectron bicalcaratum</i>) and [[red junglefowl]] (<i>Gallus gallus</i>).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Mizoram Tourism |url=https://www.mizoramtourism.com/top-destination/128 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250418041537/https://www.mizoramtourism.com/top-destination/128 |archive-date=2025-04-18 |access-date=2025-07-04 |website=mizoramtourism.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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A 2021 study on Reptiles & Amphibians documented interspecific amplexus between two frog species (''Polypedates teraiensis'' and ''Hydrophylax leptoglossa''), underscoring the sanctuary’s amphibian diversity.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://journals.ku.edu/reptilesandamphibians/article/view/15325 |title=Interspecific amplexus of frogs at Pualreng Wildlife Sanctuary |publisher=Reptiles & Amphibians |date=13 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Conservation and threats==<br />
A 2022 remote-sensing assessment revealed a >10% decline in forest cover (≈5.2 km²) from 2006–2018 due to illegal clearing, grazing, and reservoir submergence.{{Cn|date=March 2026}} In November 2024, a joint operation seized smoked wild-animal meat in the sanctuary, leading to convictions under the Wildlife Protection Act.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lamtluangnews.blogspot.com/2024/11/ |title=Operation seizes smoked wild meat in Pualreng Sanctuary |publisher=Lamtluang News |date=29 November 2024}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Mizoram]]<br />
[[Category:Kolasib district]]<br />
[[Category:Protected areas established in 2004]]<br />
[[Category:2004 establishments in Mizoram]]</div>IQOCharli56