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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