Grizzled Giant Squirrel

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iGrizzled Giant Squirrel
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Ratufa Species: R. macroura
Binomial name
Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)

Grizzled Giant Squirrel known in Sri Lanka as the Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) is a large species of squirrel found in Sri Lanka and in the forests of southern India. The species is found in patches of riverine forest along the Kaveri river in south India and also in hill forests towards the southern tip of peninsular India and in parts of Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan race is R. macroura dandolena from the Sinhalese name of dandolena. The IUCN lists the species as vulnerable due to the impact of human activities on its habitat.

[edit] References

• Baillie (1996). Ratufa macroura. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1c v2.3)

[edit] External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura)
• Ratufa macroura (TSN 632413). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.