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The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope.It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Oriental giant squirrels are cat-sized tree squirrels from the genus Ratufa in the subfamily Ratufinae. ... Black giant squirrel: Ratufa bicolor: Northern Bangladesh ...
African giant squirrels (genus Protoxerus) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Xerinae. They are only found in Africa. The two subgenera of African giant squirrels each has a single species: [1] Subgenus Protoxerus - forest giant squirrel or Stanger's squirrel, P. stangeri; Subgenus Allosciurus - slender-tailed squirrel, P. aubinnii
Squirrels are generally small animals, ranging in size from the African pygmy squirrel and least pygmy squirrel at 10–14 cm (3.9–5.5 in) in total length and just 12–26 g (0.42–0.92 oz) in weight, [8] [9] to the Bhutan giant flying squirrel at up to 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) in total length, [10] and several marmot species, which can weigh 8 kg ...
Family Sciuridae (squirrels) Genus: Aeromys. Black flying squirrel, Aeromys tephromelas DD; Thomas's flying squirrel, Aeromys thomasi LC; Genus: Callosciurus. Kloss's squirrel, Callosciurus albescens DD; Mentawai squirrel, Callosciurus melanogaster VU; Black-striped squirrel, Callosciurus nigrovittatus LC; Plantain squirrel, Callosciurus notatus LC
Black squirrels are a melanistic subgroup of squirrels with black coloration on their fur. The phenomenon occurs with several species of squirrels, although it is most frequent with the eastern gray squirrel ( Sciurus carolinensis ) and the fox squirrel ( Sciurus niger ).
Lariscus obscurus - Mentawai three-striped squirrel; Genus Menetes. Menetes berdmorei - Berdmore's ground squirrel; Genus Nannosciurus. Nannosciurus melanotis - black-eared squirrel; Genus Prosciurillus. Prosciurillus abstrusus - secretive dwarf squirrel; Prosciurillus alstoni - Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel; Prosciurillus leucomus - whitish ...
Marmots are large ground squirrels in the genus Marmota, with 15 species living in Asia, Europe, and North America. These herbivores are active during the summer, when they can often be found in groups, but are not seen during the winter, when they hibernate underground. They are the heaviest members of the squirrel family. [1]