Diversity of Wildlife in the Campus of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute: an Area for Successful Wildlife Conservation in a City of Bangladesh

At the very out set of establishment of the Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) in 1955, its campus of 75 acres was barren and a few wildlife was found. Now the campus is a unique urban green place with exceptional hilly areas in the heart of the Chittagong Metropolitan City (CMC). Due to careful protection and plantations regularly in the campus increased the variety of vegetations and the diverse habitat of wildlife species. A study was conducted between 2010 and 2011 in the campus of BFRI to evaluate mainly the species diversity and breeding status of some wildlife for sustainable development of the wildlife conservation to ensure the environmental equilibrium in a city area. A total of 98 wildlife species of different classes: Amphibia 8, Reptilia 16, Aves 59 and Mammalia 15 were recorded in the BFRI campus where 15 species were threatened. There is no bird species as threatened while amphibia 1, Reptilia 8, Mammalia 6. The paper also highlights the ecology of small Indian civet (Vivericula indica), jungle cat (Felis chaus), Indian porcupine (Hystrix indica), jackal (Canis aureus) and rock python (Python molurus).Threats to wildlife were also identified and recommendations have been made for sustainable conservation of the resources.