The region is home to one of the largest populations of endangered Indian elephant and Bengal tiger in India. Elephant populations are found in eight fragmented sites in South India; in northern Karnataka, along the Western Ghats, in Bhadra-Malnad, in Brahmagiri-Nilgiris-Eastern Ghats, in Nilambur-Silent Valley-Coimbatore, in Anamalai-Parambikulam, in Periyar-Srivilliputhur and Agasthyamalai The region is home to one-third of the tiger population and more than half of the elephant population of India. There are 14 Project Tiger reserves and 11 Project Elephant reserves in the region. Other threatened and endangered species found in the region include grizzled giant squirrel, grey slender loris, sloth bear, Nilgiri tahr, Nilgiri langur, lion-tailed macaque, and Indian leopard.