Cream-coloured giant squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the cream-coloured giant squirrel lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ratufa affinis
Group	Squirrels, chipmunks & marmots
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Sciuridae

Where does the cream-coloured giant squirrel live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cream-coloured giant squirrel in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Malaysia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the cream-coloured giant squirrel endangered?

The cream-coloured giant squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cream-coloured giant squirrel?

The cream-coloured giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Ratufa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cream-coloured giant squirrel

The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby small islands. The species is near threatened and vulnerable to habitat degradation, and it has probably been extirpated in Singapore where the last sighting was in 1995. Reported sightings in Vietnam in 1984 are considered to be dubious.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cream-coloured giant squirrel (revision 1374538096), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1194191 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).