Jomotsangkha Wildlife Sanctuary (formerly ''Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary'') is the smallest protected area of Bhutan covering in

Samdrup Jongkhar District Samdrup Jongkhar District (Dzongkha: བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོངས་མཁར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie transliteration, Wylie: ''Bsam-grub Ljongs-mkhar rdzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) in Bhutan. The d ...

along the southern border with

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

. Its elevations range between and . Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary is, despite its small acreage, an important habitat for

elephant Elephants are the largest living land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant ('' Loxodonta africana''), the African forest elephant (''L. cyclotis''), and the Asian elephant ('' Elephas maximus ...

gaur The gaur (''Bos gaurus''; ) is a large bovine native to the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and has been listed as Vulnerable species, Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1986. The global population was estimated at a maximum of 21,000 ...

(''Bos gaurus''), and other tropical wildlife. It may also contain the rare

pygmy hog The pygmy hog (''Porcula salvania'') is a very small and endangered species of pig and the only species in the genus ''Porcula''. Endemic to India, the pygmy hog is a suid native of the alluvial grasslands in the foothills of the Himalayas, at ...

(''Porcula salvania'') and

hispid hare The hispid hare (''Caprolagus hispidus''), also known as the Assam rabbit and bristly rabbit, is a species of rabbit native to South Asia. It is the only species in the genus ''Caprolagus''. Named for its bristly fur coat, the hispid hare is a ...

(''Caprolagus hispidus'') known to inhabit the adjacent

Khaling Reserve Khaling may refer to: * Khaling language, in Nepal and India * Khaling people, a Kiranti ethnic group of Nepal * Khaling, Bhutan, a town ** Khaling Gewog, the administrative unit ** Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary See also * Dibya Khaling Dib ...

in Assam, with which Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary forms a trans-border reserve.

References

Wildlife sanctuaries of Bhutan Protected areas of Bhutan Samdrup Jongkhar District {{Asia-protected-area-stub