Ratufa macroura (Pennant 1769)
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Ratufa macroura (Pennant 1769)
[Sciurus] macrourus Pennant 1769 , Indian Zool., Vol. 1: pl. 1.
Type Locality: " Ceylon and Malabar.... Malacca...Goa and Amboina." Restricted by Phillips (1933) to highlands of Central and Uva Provs., Sri Lanka.
Vernacular Names: Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel.
Synonyms: Ratufa zeylanicus (Ray 1693) .
Subspecies: :
Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. macroura Pennant 1769
Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. dandolena Thomas and Wroughton 1915
Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. melanochra Thomas and Wroughton 1915
Distribution: Sri Lanka and S India.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN – Vulnerable.
Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992). Joshua (1996) reported apparent hybridization with R. indica , but had no cytogenetic data.
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