Q. Hoollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary, which was seen in the news, is located in which state?
Answer:
Assam
Notes: Assam has permitted oil and gas exploration in the Hollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary. This sanctuary in Jorhat, Assam, is unique for housing India’s only gibbons and North-eastern India’s only nocturnal primate, the Bengal slow loris. It is the only sanctuary in India named after gibbons due to its high gibbon population density. The western hoolock gibbon, found in all northeastern states and parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar, is listed as endangered by the IUCN and is protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. The eastern hoolock gibbon is found in specific areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, with a vulnerable IUCN status.