{"id":152002,"date":"2021-12-09T14:53:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=152002"},"modified":"2021-12-09T14:53:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T09:23:02","slug":"the-malayan-giant-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-malayan-giant-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"The Malayan Giant Squirrel"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\"><strong>About the Species:<\/strong> Malayan giant squirrel or Black Giant Squirrel is one of the world\u2019s largest squirrel species.<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99572 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-17-Image-16.jpg?resize=300%2C158&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Malayan Giant Squirrel\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-17-Image-16.jpg?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Page-17-Image-16.jpg?w=309&amp;ssl=1 309w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><strong>Conservation Status: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status:<\/strong> Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix II.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972:<\/strong> Schedule I<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Habitat:<\/strong> It is distributed across Bangladesh, Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Characteristics: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It has a dark upper body, pale underparts, and a long, bushy tail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food Habits<\/strong>: The species is omnivorous and feeds on fruits, flowers, nuts, bark, bird eggs, and insects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Significance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The giant squirrel is considered a forest health indicator species. An indicator species provides information on the overall condition of the ecosystem and of other species in that ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deforestation, fragmentation of forests, crop cultivation and over-harvesting of food, illegal trade in wildlife, hunting for consumption. and Slash-and-burn jhum cultivation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Species: Malayan giant squirrel or Black Giant Squirrel is one of the world\u2019s largest squirrel species. Conservation Status: IUCN Status: Near Threatened CITES: Appendix II. Wildlife Protection Act, 1972: Schedule I Habitat: It is distributed across Bangladesh, Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Characteristics: It has&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-malayan-giant-squirrel\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Malayan Giant Squirrel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152002","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}