Don E. Wilson;Thomas E. Lacher, Jr;Russell A. Mittermeier
Ratufa macroura
Sign in to saveAlso known as Grizzled giant squirrel
species of Oriental giant squirrel
Species
Near ThreatenedSri Lankan Giant Squirrel
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilySciuridae
Большехвостая гигантская белка, или гигантская белка, или большехвостая ратуфа (лат. Ratufa macroura) — вид грызунов рода гигантские белки (Ratufa).
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Collections
- UWBM, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, MCZ, UMMZ, NHMUK, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- United States, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Malaisie
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Encyclopedic overview
The grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill forests of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of southern India. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as near threatened due to habitat loss and hunting.
Etymology and common names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ratufa macroura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.