Open Access<b>A new sight record and range extension of the Grizzled Giant Squirrel <I>Ratufa macroura dandolena</I> (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sciuridae) in the Eastern Ghats of southern peninsular India</b>
Author(s) -
Sivangnanaboopathidoss Vimalraj,
K Raman,
Damodar Atmavadan Reddy,
Bakthavachalam Harikrishnan,
B. Krishnakumar,
K. Muthamizh Selvan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.3932.10.1.11240-11242
Subject(s) - range (aeronautics) , geography , zoology , archaeology , biology , composite material , materials science
On our visit to the Durgai Amman shrine on 09 June 2016, we came across a pair of Grizzled Giant Squirrels on a tamarind tree, which leaped away when we approached (79.298960E & 12.176150N). We had photographed an individual before it disappeared among the trees. The sighting of the Grizzled Giant Squirrels was surprising as it had previously not been recorded; further, the forest isn’t contiguous with an earlier record of Sathanur Dam.