{"id":3894,"date":"2025-02-18T04:01:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T22:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=3894"},"modified":"2025-03-26T20:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T14:52:52","slug":"parambikulam-tiger-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/parambikulam-tiger-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Parambikulam Tiger Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Parambikulam Tiger Reserve Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A faunal survey by the Forest Department at the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve has added 15 new species to the protected area\u2019s checklist.<\/p>\n<h2>About Parambikulam Tiger Reserve<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a protected area located in the Palakkad and Thrissur districts of <strong>Kerala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2009 under Project Tiger.<\/li>\n<li>It covers an area of 391 sq.km.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rivers<\/strong>: The <strong>Parambikulam, Sholayar, and Thekkady rivers<\/strong> flow through the reserve, supporting its rich biodiversity.<\/li>\n<li>It is home to the four different <strong>tribes of Kadar, Malasar, Muduvar, and Mala Malasar <\/strong>which are settled in six different colonies inside the protected reserve.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The habitat comprises predominantly <strong>mixed deciduous, evergreen, and semi-evergreen forests.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Other unique habitats like <strong>montane and marshy grasslands, locally known as &#8216;vayals&#8217;<\/strong>, are also found.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Teak plantations<\/strong> and deep freshwater ecosystems created by three dams further add to the diversity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It hosts one of the densest gaur populations and is home to 49 species of mammals, including Bengal tigers, Asian elephants, Indian leopards, spotted deer, and the more <strong>uncommon lion-tailed macaques and Nilgiri marten.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tomopterna parambikulamana (Parambikulam Frog)<\/strong> and one species of sucker fish, <strong>Garro surendranathanii, are endemic<\/strong> to the reserve.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Parambikulam Tiger Reserve FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Which river flows through Parambikulam Tiger Reserve?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Parambikulam, Sholayar, and Thekkady rivers flow through the reserv.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which animal is protected in Parambikulam?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is primarily known for protecting the Royal Bengal Tiger, along with other endangered and threatened species.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Where is Parambikulam Tiger Reserve located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It is a protected area located in the Palakkad and Thrissur districts of Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/parambikulam-tiger-reserve-adds-15-new-species-to-its-biodiversity-checklist\/article69230515.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parambikulam Tiger Reserve is a protected area located in the Palakkad and Thrissur districts of Kerala.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3894","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}