Flora and fauna The park provides sanctuary for 37 known species of mammals including several endangered, threatened or vulnerable species, such as the Bhutan takin, snow leopard, clouded leopard, Bengal tiger, bharal or Himalayan blue sheep, black musk deer, Himalayan black bear, red panda, Ussuri dhole, and spotted linsang. It is also home to the Indian leopard, Himalayan serow, sambar, barking deer, Himalayan goral, Himalayan marmot, Himalayan pika, and more than 300 species of birds. It is also the only park in Bhutan where the national animal (takin), flower (blue poppy), bird (raven) and tree (cypress) exist together. Bhutan Takin

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Terrain & setting

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Aspect: Faces NE
Slope: ≈ 11°

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Facts

On a trek route: Yes
Grocery shops: No
Equipment on rent: No
Porters for hire: No
Guides for hire: No
Primary school: No
High school: No

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Altitude✓ cross-checked
4,100 m · SRTM 4,079 m (Δ21 m)
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2) · OpenTopoData — SRTM 30m DEM (T1)
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27.8588, 89.4370
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Regionauthoritative
Bhutan - West
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Guides for hireauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Porters for hireauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Equipment on rentauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Grocery shopsauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
High schoolauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
Primary schoolauthoritative
No
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)
On a trek routeauthoritative
Yes
Founder documentation (12 years of Himalayan fieldwork) (T2)

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