Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman 1778)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 756

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scientific name	Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman 1778)
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[Sciurus] bicolor Sparrman 1778 , Samhelle Hand. (Wet. Afd.), Vol. 1: 70.

Type Locality: Indonesia, W Java, Anjer.

Vernacular Names: Black Giant Squirrel.

Synonyms: Ratufa tennentii Layard, in Blyth 1849 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. bicolor Sparrman 1778

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. condorensis Kloss 1920

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. felli Thomas and Wroughton 1916

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. gigantea McClelland 1839

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. hainana J. A. Allen 1906

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. leucogenys Kloss 1916

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. melanopepla Miller 1900

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. palliata Miller 1902

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. phaeopepla Miller 1913

Subspecies Ratufa bicolor subsp. smithi Robinson and Kloss 1922

Distribution: E Nepal; SE Tibet to S Yunnan and Hainan ( China); Assam ( India), Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, south through the Malay Peninsula to Java and Bali.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992).