Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary

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Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary is a protected forest area in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra, India, renowned for its rich biodiversity and as a key habitat of the endangered Indian giant squirrel.

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Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf protected area ⓘ
wildlife sanctuary ⓘ
activity trekking ⓘ
wildlife observation ⓘ
biodiversityHotspot Western Ghats ⓘ
climate tropical monsoon ⓘ
conservationPriority high ⓘ
contains Bhimashankar Temple ⓘ
linked to: Bhimashankar temple

source of Bhima River ⓘ
country India ⓘ
designation protected forest area ⓘ
established 1984 ⓘ
fauna Indian giant squirrel ⓘ
Indian hare ⓘ
linked to: Lepus

Indian pangolin ⓘ
barking deer ⓘ
langur ⓘ
leopard ⓘ
sambar deer ⓘ
wild boar ⓘ
flora evergreen tree species ⓘ
moist deciduous tree species ⓘ
semi-evergreen tree species ⓘ
governingBody Maharashtra Forest Department ⓘ
hasEcosystemType evergreen forest ⓘ
grassland ⓘ
moist deciduous forest ⓘ
semi-evergreen forest ⓘ
shola forest ⓘ
IUCNCategory IV ⓘ
knownFor habitat of Indian giant squirrel ⓘ
rich biodiversity ⓘ
locatedIn Maharashtra ⓘ
Pune district ⓘ
Western Ghats ⓘ
nearestCity Pune ⓘ
partOf Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
protectedFor conservation of Indian giant squirrel ⓘ
conservation of Western Ghats forests ⓘ
protects Indian giant squirrel ⓘ
Western Ghats evergreen forest ⓘ
region Sahyadri range ⓘ
linked to: Sahyadri
religiousSignificance Jyotirlinga site at Bhimashankar Temple ⓘ
state Maharashtra ⓘ
supports endemic species of Western Ghats ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bhima Shankar hills → hasProtectedArea → Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
Bhima Shankar hills → hasWildlifeSanctuary → Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
Bhimashankar Temple → near → Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
subject linked to: Bhimashankar temple