Summary:
By Express News ServiceCHENNAI: The Air Intelligence Unit of Customs department foiled bids to smuggle primates, reptiles and rodents at the Chennai airport on Tuesday. On opening the baskets and the box, monkeys, rodents, and reptiles were found. The primates include two marmoset (Callithrix jacchus); three red-handed Tamarin (Saguinusmidas), native of South and Central America; two Prevosts squirell (Callssciurusprevostii), of which one was found dead. The other were rodents include two Black and Red Eastern Gray Squirrel, which were found dead. Identification of the speciesThe primates include two marmoset (Callithrix jacchus); three red-handed Tamarin (Saguinusmidas), native of South and Central America; two Prevosts squirell (Callssciurusprevostii), of which one was found dead..