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This is the country about which Kipling wrote so vividly in his jungle books. The area was famed as a hunter's paradise but now the valley has been well developed as a national park. Lying in the Maikal hills in the eastern part of the Satpura Range, the park has deciduous hardwoods, rolling grasslands and meandering streams of the Banjar River.
The park forms the core of the Kanha Tiger Reserve. It was created in 1974 and also protects the rare hardground adapted barasinga (swamp deer).

Wildlife
Kanha has 22 species of mammal and the most easily spotted are the three - striped palm squirrel, common langur monkey, jackal, wild boar, cheetal, sambar, branden barasnigha and black buck. Less commonly seen are Indian hare, dhole (Indian wild dog) and gaur. Rarely seen are Indian fox, sloth bear, striped hyena, tiger (estimated at about 100), leopard, nilgai (blue bull), Indian porcupine, wold (outside park proper) and the Indian pangolin (sometimes called a scaly anteater).

As for birds, Kanha has 230 species recorded. Good vantage points are in the hills where the mixed and bamboo forest harbours many species. Commonly seen species are; leaf warblers, minivets, blank ibis, common peafowl, racket-tailed drongo, hawk eagle, red-wattled lapwing, various species of flycatcher, woodpecker, pigeon, dove, parakeet, babbler, mynah, Indian roller, white breasted kingfisher and grey hornbill.