Ratufa indica (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 756

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Ratufa indica (Erxleben 1777)
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[Sciurus] indicus Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 420.

Type Locality: "in India orientali" [ Bombay, India]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" ( Moore and Tate, 1965:43).

Vernacular Names: Indian Giant Squirrel.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777

Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. centralis Ryley 1913

Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. dealbata Blanford 1897

Subspecies Ratufa indica subsp. maxima Schreber 1784

Distribution: C and S India, excluding central lowlands.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Extinct as R. i. dealbata, Vulnerable as R. i. centralis, R. i. indica and R. i. maxima.

Discussion: Pennant (1771:281) described, but did not name this species, and said it "Inhabits Bombay.".

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Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Ratufa

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Ratufa indica (Erxleben 1777)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

[Sciurus] indicus

Erxleben 1777: 420
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