Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary


Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected area in Myanmar's Sagaing Region, covering an area of.
It ranges in elevation from and was established in 2002 in Kalay and Mawlaik Townships.

History

The area of Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary used to be five reserve forest blocks with logging concessions.
In 2002, it was proposed as a wildlife sanctuary, and forest rangers were employed. It was designated an Important Bird Area in 2010.

Biodiversity

Flora

Mahamyaing Wildlife Sanctuary encompasses mostly mixed deciduous forest interspersed with some evergreen forest species. The forest is degraded and dry dipterocarp in the sanctuary's buffer zone. The tree species include Teak, Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Xylia dolabriformis, and Shorea siamensis.

Fauna

Wildlife recorded during a camera trap survey in the winter of 1999 to 2000 comprised yellow-throated marten, large Indian civet, small Indian civet, clouded leopard, Asiatic golden cat and leopard cat.
Also present are Asian elephant, banteng, gaur, sambar deer, Indian muntjac, wild boar, eastern hoolock gibbon, Rhesus macaque, Asiatic wild dog, Javan mongoose and jungle cat. The critically endangered Chinese pangolin and Sunda pangolin occur as well as more than 86 bird species and 74 butterfly species.