Ratufa bicolor
(Sparrman, 1778)
Black Giant Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
Family | : Sciuridae |
Subfamily | : Ratufinae |
Genus | : Ratufa |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Samhelle Hand. (Wet. Afd.), vol. 1, 70
Original name as described
Sciurus bicolor
Other common names
Black-and-white Giant Squirrel · Malayan Giant Squirrel
Type locality
Anjer, West Java, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · India · Nepal · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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