Abstract
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.
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Summary
Rattuffa macroura dandolena Anewsfighttrecordandrangeextetnsfion (Pennant,t1769)fsi oneoffttheNear Threatetnedgfainttsqufrirelspecfeis ISSN0974-7907(Onlfine) offtthepenfinsularregfionandoccurs ISSN0974-7893(Prfint)t finsoutthernIndfai andSrfiLanka (Menon2014).Ittfsi arborealand offttheGrfzizledGfianttSqufirrel Rattuffamacrouradandolena(Mammalfia: Rodentftia:Scfiurfidae)finttheEastetrnGhatst offsoutthernpenfinsularIndfia waryfinnatture,solftiatrybuttffound finpafrisdurfingtthebreedfingseason (Nowak 1999), and has a small home range (Umapatthy 2000). SfviangnanaboopatthfidossVfimalraj1,Kotthandapanfi Raman2,DamodarAttmavadanReddy3, BaktthavachalamHarfkirfsihnan4,Bawa Motthflial Krfsihnakumar5& Kanagaraj MutthamfzihSelvan6
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