Tolipir National Park

Tolipir National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
Location	Poonch District, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan

Tolipir National Park is a protected area located in the Rawlakot tehsil of Poonch District in the state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The park is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, including a number of endangered species such as the Himalayan black bear, leopard, and snow leopard. ^[1]

The park is situated in the western Himalayan mountain range, at an altitude of between 1,500 and 7,000 meters above sea level. The area is characterized by rugged terrain and steep mountain slopes, with a number of peaks rising above 6,000 meters. The climate is cold and temperate, with heavy snowfall in the winter and mild summers. The park is surrounded by the Toli Pir, Shounter, and Barmoghlasht valleys, and is fed by the Toli Pir stream, which flows through the park. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Flora and fauna

Fauna

List of fauna found in the sanctuary. ^[2]

#	Name	Scientific name	Picture
1	Eurasian pygmy shrew	Sorex minutus
2	Leschenault's rousette	Rousettus leschenaultii
3	Lesser horseshoe bat	Rhinolophus hipposideros
4	Greater false vampire bat	Megaderma lyra
5	Java pipistrelle	Pipistrellus javanicus	–
6	Common bent-wing bat	Miniopterus schreibersii
7	Wall-roosting mouse-eared bat	Myotis muricola
8	Scully's tube-nosed bat	Murina tubinaris	–
9	Northern plains gray langur	Semnopithecus entellus
10	Rhesus macaque	Macaca mulatta
11	Indian jackal	Canis aureus indicus
12	Asian black bear	Ursus thibetanus
13	Stoat	Mustela erminea
14	Yellow-throated marten	Martes flavigula
15	Masked palm civet	Paguma larvata
16	Jungle cat	Felis chaus
17	Indian leopard	Panthera pardus fusca
18	Southern red muntjac	Muntiacus muntjak
19	Royle's pika	Ochotona roylei
20	Kashmir flying squirrel	Eoglaucomys fimbriatus	–
21	Red giant flying squirrel	Petaurista petaurista
22	Indian crested porcupine	Hystrix indica
23	House mouse	Mus musculus
24	Kashmir field mouse	Apodemus rusiges	–
25	Turkestan rat	Rattus pyctoris	–
26	Lesser bandicoot rat	Bandicota bengalensis
27	Short-tailed bandicoot rat	Nesokia indica
28	Royle's mountain vole	Alticola roylei	–

References

1. "Tolipir National Park | Pakistan Tourism Portal". paktourismportal.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
2. Faiz, Abu ul Hassan; Abass, Fakhar-i (2016-06-01). "Mammalian Diversity of Tolipir National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Zoology. 48 (4): 1209–1212. Retrieved November 14, 2023– via ResearchGate.
3. Faiz, Abu ul Hassan; Abbas, Fakhar-i; Ali, Zulfiqar; Zahra, Laoudi (January 2015). "Avifaunal diversity of Tolipir National Park Azad Jammu and Kashmir Pakistan". The Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. 25 (3): 404–9. Retrieved November 14, 2023– via ResearchGate.
4. Amjad, Muhammad Shoaib; Qaseem, Mirza Faisal; Ahmad, Israr; Khan, Sami Ullah; Chaudhari, Sunbal Khalil; Malik, Nafeesa Zahid; Shaheen, Humaira; Khan, Arshad Mahmood (February 2017). "Descriptive study of plant resources in the context of the ethnomedicinal relevance of indigenous flora: A case study from Toli Peer National Park, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan". PLOS ONE. 12 (2): e0171896. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271896A. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171896 . PMC   5305106 . PMID   28192466.