Which one of the following tiger reserves of India has "Bhoorsingh the Barasingha" as its official mascot ?
- A.Nameri tiger reserve
- B.Ranthambhore tiger reserve
- C.Panna tiger reserve
- D.Kanha tiger reserve
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Explanation
The correct answer is D, Kanha tiger reserve. In 2017 Kanha in Madhya Pradesh became the first tiger reserve in India to adopt an official mascot, a cartoon barasingha named Bhoorsingh.
Kanha chose the barasingha, or hard-ground swamp deer, because the reserve saved this animal from extinction. The hard-ground subspecies, Rucervus duvaucelii branderi, survives in the wild almost only in Kanha's grassy meadows; by about 1970 its numbers had fallen to around 66, and careful protection brought them back to several hundred. The barasingha is also the state animal of Madhya Pradesh. Kanha, set up as a tiger reserve in 1973 under Project Tiger, is spread over the Mandla and Balaghat districts and is said to have inspired Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
A is wrong: Nameri tiger reserve is in Assam, on the Jia Bhoroli river, and is known for the white-winged wood duck.
B is wrong: Ranthambhore is in Rajasthan and is famed for its tigers and fort, not a barasingha mascot.
C is wrong: Panna is another Madhya Pradesh reserve, known for reviving its tiger population after 2009.
Exam tip: Kanha: hard-ground barasingha, mascot Bhoorsingh (2017), Madhya Pradesh's state animal.
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