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OverviewAI-generated
Ratufa bicolor, commonly known as the Black giant squirrel or Malayan Giant Squirrel, is a species of rodent. It belongs to the family Sciuridae within the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, and phylum Chordata. The parent taxon is the Oriental giant squirrel. This diurnal mammal inhabits forests and shrublands.
The species is classified as Near Threatened by the IUCN Red List, a status assessed in 2016. Records of the organism have been documented in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Specimens are held by institutions including RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMZM, MVZ, AMNH, and USNM.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Near ThreatenedSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
Maximum longevity: 19 years (captivity) Observations: One wild born specimen was still alive in captivity at about 19 years of age (Richard Weigl 2005).
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 417
- With media
- 228
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMZM, MVZ, AMNH, USNM
- Recorded in
- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Bird sounds
- uncertain· Malaysia· quality A
- uncertain· Malaysia· quality A
- call· Vietnam· quality A
- alarm call· Thailand· quality A
via Xeno-canto
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Oriental giant squirrel
- Image
- Ratufa bicolor 6237.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Near Threatened
- Commons category
- Ratufa bicolor
- taxon name
- Ratufa bicolor
- taxon common name
- 巨松鼠
- habitat
- shrubland
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- R. bicolor
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Encyclopedic overview
The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Description
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