Overview
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
Indian Giant Squirrel
Description
Habitat
Ecology: These arboreal
animals are found in forest
canopies. They occupy a range
of forest types, including moist deciduous, semi-evergreen
, and evergreen
forest areas. By leaping from tree
to tree they can move rapidly through their habitat
, often making leaps
of six meters or more. Natural tree holes are used for shelter
and during the breeding season
nests
are constructed in which the young are raised. Diet
consists of bark
, fruits, nuts, insects and bird eggs
.[1]
List of Habitats:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
()
- Brandt, 1855
- Suborder:
Sciuromorpha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ratufa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 23 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. affinis (Cream-Coloured Giant Squirrel) · R. affinis banguei · R. affinis ephippium · R. affinis pyrsonata · R. affinis sandakanensis · R. bicolor (Black Giant Squirrel) · R. bicolor gigantea · R. bicolor hainana · R. bicolor palliata · R. indica (Indian Giant Squirrel) · R. indica bengalensis · R. indica centralis (Indian Giant Squirrel) · R. indica dealbata (Dangs Giant Squirrel) · R. indica indica (Indian Giant Squirrel) · R. indica maxima (Indian Giant Squirrel) · R. indica superans · R. macroura (Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel) · R. macroura dandolena · R. macroura macroura (Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel) · R. macroura melanochra · R. macrura · R. melanopepla · R. obtusidens
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Further Reading
- Molur, S. and Walker, S. (eds) 1998. Conservation assessment and management plan (C.A.M.P.) workshop. Mammals of India report summary, Zoos' Print 13(9). Zoo Outreach Organisation, India.
- Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
Notes
Contributors
- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India 2000. Ratufa indica ssp. maxima. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India (August 1997) 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 21, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 6374811
- IUCN ID: 39649
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1025843
Footnotes
- CBSG CAMP Workshop, India (August 1997) 2000. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 20, 2008. [back]
