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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER SCIUROMORPHA
--> FAMILY Sciuridae
--> SUBFAMILY Ratufinae
--> GENUS Ratufa
SPECIES Ratufa macroura
| Author: | Pennant, 1769. | | Citation: | Indian Zool., 1: pl. 1. | | Common Name: | Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel | | Type Locality: | "Ceylon and Malabar....Malacca...Goa and Amboina." Restricted by Phillips (1933) to highlands of Central and Uva Provs., Sri Lanka. | | Distribution: | Sri Lanka and S India. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN – Vulnerable | | Comments: | Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Joshua (1996) reported apparent hybridization with R. indica, but had no cytogenetic data. |
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