Mammal and Avi-Fauna of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary Orissa: Occasional Paper No. 344

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Climate. 3. Physiography. 4. Soil. 5. Vegetation. 6. Faunal composition. 7. Abbreviation. 8. Systematic account. 9. Discussion. 10. Recommendation. 11. Summary. 12. Acknowledgements. 13. References. From the introduction: Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Balasore district of the state of Orissa and is the largest block among all reserve forest occupies the crest and inner valley. Excepting this block which consists of hilly terrain in the Eastern South and South Eastern of the block, rest are situated on the more leveled ground. As per records available in the year 1914, the four tribal villages namely Phusurpara, Ampara, Kuldiha and Totadiha were included in this forest region. Thus this forests might have got name Kuldiha from one of those villages. On the other opinion Kuldiha name derived from regional word Land of ancestors.