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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Ratufinae
--> GENUS Ratufa
SPECIES Ratufa indica
| Author: | Erxleben, 1777. | | Citation: | Syst. Regn. Anim., 1: 420. | | Common Name: | Indian Giant Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "in India orientali" [Bombay, India]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" (Moore and Tate, 1965:43). | | Distribution: | C and S India, excluding central lowlands. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Extinct as R. i. dealbata, Vulnerable as R. i. centralis, R. i. indica and R. i. maxima. | | Comments: | Pennant (1771:281) described, but did not name this species, and said it "Inhabits Bombay." |
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