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Indian Giant Squirrel
Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777)
Also calledEsquilo-gigante-indiano (por) · Hint Dev Asya Sincabı (tur) · Indiakjempeekorn (nob) · Indisches Riesenhörnchen (deu) · Königsriesenhörnchen (deu) · Reuzenpalmeekhoorn (nld) · Scoiattolo gigante indiano (ita) · Voor-Indische Reuzeneekhoorn (nld) · ardilla malabar (spa) · intianjättiorava (fin) · ratufa obrovská (ces) · wiewióra dekańska (pol) · Écureuil géant de l'Inde (fra) · Ινδικός Γιγάντιος Σκίουρος (ell)
First described in: Syst. Regn. Anim. vol.1 p.420
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777 Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. centralis Ryley 1913 Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. dealbata Blanford 1897 Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. maxima Schreber 1784
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Extinct as R. i. dealbata, Vulnerable as R. i. centralis, R. i. indica and R. i. maxima.
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
discussion
Discussion: Pennant (1771: 281) described, but did not name this species, and said it " Inhabits Bombay. ".
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: " in India orientali " [Bombay, India]. Based on " Pennant's Bombay squirrel " (Moore and Tate, 1965: 43).
Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437565.