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The State government of Assam has notified Dihing Patkai as the 7^th National Park (NP). It also, recently, notified Raimona National Park, as its sixth.

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About DihingPatkai National Park

• Location: It straddles eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh and Tinsukia districts.
• Rivers: Short stretches of the Dirak and BuriDihing rivers passes through the park
• The park has a rich diversity of reptiles and mammals, including the tiger and clouded leopard.

• It is the only sanctuary in India with seven different species of wild cats - tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, leopard cat, golden cat, jungle cat, and marbled cat.
• Rare animals such as Chinese pangolin, flying fox, wild pig, sambar, barking deer, gaur, serow, and Malayan giant squirrels are also found here.
• Assamese macaque is on the red list of Near Threatened species.
• It has the highest concentration of the rare endangered White Winged Wood Duck.
• Flora: It is occupied by deciduous rainforest interspersed with semi-evergreen flora.

National parks in Assam Assam now has the third most National Parks in the country with 7 parks. Madhya Pradesh has 12 parks and nine in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The National Parks in the State are as follows- Kaziranga Manas Nameri Orang Dibru-Saikhowa Raimona National Park Dihing Patkai

Raimona National Park

• Raimona adjoins the Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal to its west, Phipsoo Wildlife Sanctuary in Bhutan in the north, and Manas National Park to the east.
• It forms the boundary with the Sankosh River.
• Fauna: Golden Langur is endemic to the park.
• The other major animals are Asian elephant, Royal Bengal tiger, Clouded leopard, Indian gaur, Wild water buffalo, Spotted deer, Hornbill.