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Asian Giant Squirrels
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Asian Giant Squirrels

Ratufa

Oriental giant squirrels are cat-sized tree squirrels from the genus Ratufa in the subfamily Ratufinae. They are a distinctive element of the fauna of south and southeast Asia.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Black Giant Squirrel

speciesRatufa bicolor

Indian Giant Squirrel

speciesRatufa indica

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel

speciesRatufa macroura

Pale Giant Squirrel

speciesRatufa affinis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 46029.