sentences:  Sanctuary is home to the state animal of Maharashtra- Ratufa indica elphistonii, sub species of the Indian Giant squirrel that is one of three threatened Indo-Malyan squirrel species.The particular sub species found here is endemic to Bhimashankar.Important mammals reported from the sanctuary are carnivores like Leopard Panthera pardus, Striped Hyena ("Hyaena hyaena") and Golden Jackal ("Canis aureus"), Sambar ("Cervus unicolor"), Barking Deer ("Muntiacus muntjak"), Wildboar ("Sus scrofa"), Common Langur ("Semnopithecus entellus"), Rhesus Macaque ("Macaca mulatta") and the Mouse Deer ("Moschiola meminna").