Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel

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Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Genus: Ratufa Species: R. affinis
Binomial name
Ratufa affinis (Raffles, 1821)

The Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel or Pale Giant Squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand.

[edit] Source

• Baillie, J. 1996. Ratufa affinis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.

v • d • e Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamilies Ratufinae and Sciurillinae) Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Suborder: Sciuromorpha Ratufinae (Oriental giant squirrels) Ratufa Cream-coloured Giant Squirrel (Ratufa affinis) · Black Giant Squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) · Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) · Grizzled Giant Squirrel (Ratufa macroura) Sciurillinae Sciurillus Neotropical Pygmy Squirrel (Sciurillus pusillus) Category