{"id":72027,"date":"2020-12-05T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=72027"},"modified":"2021-01-02T13:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:48:51","slug":"malayan-giant-squirrel-could-vanish-from-ne-after-2050-zsi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/malayan-giant-squirrel-could-vanish-from-ne-after-2050-zsi\/","title":{"rendered":"Malayan Giant squirrel could vanish from NE after 2050: ZSI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source : <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/first-ever-study-has-grim-prognosis-native-squirrel-could-vanish-from-ne-after-2050-7089169\/\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong>Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has projected that numbers of the Malayan Giant Squirrel could decline by 90% in India by 2050 and it could be extinct by then if urgent steps are not taken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-18690\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/factly.forumias.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Black-Giant-Squirrel.jpg?resize=218%2C274&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Black Giant Squirrel\" width=\"218\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malayan giant squirrel or Black Giant Squirrel:<\/strong>\u00a0It is one of the world\u2019s largest squirrel species that has a dark upper body, pale under parts, and a long, bushy tail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Habitat:\u00a0<\/strong>It is distributed across Bangladesh, Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance:\u00a0<\/strong>The giant squirrel is considered as a forest health indicator species.An indicator species provides information on the overall condition of the ecosystem and of other species in that ecosystem.<\/li>\n<li><strong>IUCN Status:\u00a0<\/strong>Near Threatened<\/li>\n<li><strong>CITES<\/strong>: Appendix II.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wildlife Protection Act, 1972:\u00a0<\/strong>Schedule I<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threats:\u00a0<\/strong>Deforestation, fragmentation of forests, crop cultivation and over-harvesting of food, illegal trade in wildlife, hunting for consumption. and Slash-and-burn jhum cultivation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source : Click here News:\u00a0Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has projected that numbers of the Malayan Giant Squirrel could decline by 90% in India by 2050 and it could be extinct by then if urgent steps are not taken. Facts: Malayan giant squirrel or Black Giant Squirrel:\u00a0It is one of the world\u2019s largest squirrel species&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/malayan-giant-squirrel-could-vanish-from-ne-after-2050-zsi\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Malayan Giant squirrel could vanish from NE after 2050: ZSI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":75032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1316],"class_list":["post-72027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public","tag-env_2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Malayan-Giant-squirrel-could-vanish-from-NE-after-2050-ZSI.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704871272},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}