Indian giant squirrel: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Indian giant squirrel Ratufa indica Least concern

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

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 3,091 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See squirrels, chipmunks & marmots on the world map

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

Where does the Indian giant squirrel live?

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

India

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 Indian giant squirrel endangered?

The Indian giant squirrel’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Indian giant squirrel?

The Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Sciuridae, genus Ratufa. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Indian giant squirrel

The Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) is a large multi-coloured tree squirrel species endemic to forests and woodlands in India. It is a diurnal, arboreal, and mainly herbivorous squirrel.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Indian giant squirrel (revision 1356419529), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q2668978 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).