Periyar Tiger Reserve
Periyar is a protected area, and a Project Tiger nature
reserve in the South Indian State of Kerala, set high in
the mountains of the Western Ghats at the border to Tamil Nadu.
It lies in the districts of Idukki and Pathanamthitta.
The protected area covers an area of 777 km², out of which a
350 km² part of the core zone was made into the Periyar
National Park and Tiger Reserve, sometimes dubbed the Periyar
Wildlife Sanctuary. The park is often called by the name
thekkady also. Thekkady is located four km from Kumily,
approximately 100 km east of Alappuzha, 110 km west of
Madurai and 120 km southeast from Kochi.
I think this is a Lion tailed macaque,in malayalam "Simhavalan korangan".Residing in the branch restlessly searching for something???



















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