Grizzled Giant Squirrel Sighted at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests
For the first time, researchers have sighted nests of the grizzled giant squirrel, an endangered species listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 at Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee, Tamil Nadu in the Eastern Ghats.
Key Facts
- A team of researchers and wildlife activists from Indigenous Biodiversity Foundation (IBF), a non-profit organisation were conducting a survey in the Pakkamalai Reserve Forests near Gingee, when they spotted grizzled giant squirrels. Over 300 nests of the endangered species were spotted by the group.
- The grizzled giant squirrel is usuallyknown to nest in the Western Ghats in Southern India ranging from ....
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