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'''Veerangana Durgawati Wildlife Sanctuary''' is a [[wildlife sanctuary]] in [[Damoh district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[India]]. Named after [[Rani Durgavati]], a queen of the [[Gondi people]], and covering an area of only 24 sq km, the sanctuary was notified by the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] in 1996.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Chandra|first1=Kailash|last2=Pandey|first2=Roshni|title=Diversity of Hawk Moths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Veerangana Durgavati Wildlife Sanctuary, Damoh, Madhya Pradesh|journal=Biological Forum |date=2013|page=73|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284437923|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>

== Location ==
The sanctuary is located in the district of Damoh in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It lies on either side of the [[State Highway (India)|State Highway 36]] and lies between the towns of [[Damoh]] and [[Jabalpur]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

== Principal fauna ==
The sanctuary hosts 18 species of mammals, including the [[Indian leopard|leopard]], [[Indian wolf|wolf]], [[Indian jackal|jackal]], [[Indian fox]], the [[striped hyena]] and [[sloth bear]] besides several species of deer. Besides these, the sanctuary is also home to 177 species of birds, 16 species of fish and reptiles and 10 species of amphibians.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|date=February 2017|title=Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Notification|url=http://www.moef.gov.in/sites/default/files/Veerangana%20Durgawati%20Wildlife%20Sanctuary%2C%20MP_0.pdf|journal=The Gazette of India Extraordinary|publisher=[[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]] (India)|pages=11–20|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>

== Landscape and flora ==
The sanctuary has a varied [[Landscape ecology|landscape]] consisting of hills, valleys and plains with several streams flowing through them, some of which form pools of water.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} The vegetation is predominantly [[dry deciduous forest|tropical mixed dry deciduous forest]] and some [[Teak|teak forests]] with trees accounting for 70 of the 121 species of plants found here.<ref name=":0" /> [[Pterocarpus marsupium]], [[Terminalia (plant)|Terminalia]] alata, [[Anogeissus latifolia]], [[Madhuca indica]], [[Butea monosperma]] and [[Lagerstroemia|Lagerstroemia parviflora]] are the most common trees in the sanctuary.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
The [[Singorgarh fort]] are located within the sanctuary.<ref>{{cite web|title=Veerangna Durgawati Sanctuary|url=http://mpforest.org/veerangna.html|publisher=Forest Department, Madhya Pradesh|access-date=23 December 2017}}</ref>

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[[Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Damoh district]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1996]]

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