Black giant squirrel

Malayan black giant squirrel
Above in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand; below in Namdapha Tiger Reserve, India
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Ratufa
Species:
R. bicolor
Binomial name
Ratufa bicolor
(Sparrman, 1778)
Subspecies[3]
  • R. b. bicolor
  • R. b. condorensis
  • R. b. felli
  • R. b. gigantea
  • R. b. hainana
  • R. b. leucogenys
  • R. b. melanopepla
  • R. b. palliata
  • R. b. phaeopepla
  • R. b. smithi
Black giant squirrel range (erroneously missing Java and Bali)
Synonyms

Tennentii, source: Layard, in Blyth, 1849

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).[1]

  1. ^ a b Duckworth, J.W.; Molur, S. (2016). "Ratufa bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19377A22261810. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19377A22261810.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Ratufa bicolor". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.