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Malabar giant squirrel

Ratufa indica

Description:

The Malabar giant squirrel is an upper-canopy dwelling species, which rarely leaves the trees, and requires tall profusely branched trees for the construction of nests.It travels from tree to tree with jumps of up to 6 m (20 ft). When in danger, it often freezes or flattens itself against the tree trunk, instead of fleeing.

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18 Comments

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks a lot Melanie!

melanie.hill
melanie.hill 10 years ago

Great shot! We've posted this photo on The WILD Foundation's Facebook page as the Mission WILD featured spotting. Check it out here: www.facebook.com/wildfoundation

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks a lot for the appreciation my friend :)

Great capture Wild Things,awesome animal,so rare and dificult to spot,congrats on this one and thanks for sharing

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks Alice, Mona and mcaul.

mcaul6515
mcaul6515 10 years ago

Wow! It doesn't look real!

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Beautiful..

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 10 years ago

Very Nice!

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks Bhagya.

Bhagya Herath
Bhagya Herath 10 years ago

cutie.....

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks a lot Jason :)

Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander 10 years ago

Great spotting! Thanks for sharing!

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thank you Reza!

Reza Hashemizadeh
Reza Hashemizadeh 10 years ago

Lovely !

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks Daniele :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 10 years ago

You know how much I love these :-) Great shot!

Wild Things
Wild Things 10 years ago

Thanks Leuba. It is very difficult to spot them, I am lucky I guess :-)

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 10 years ago

I always wanted to see one of these ...great shot, Well done !

Wild Things
Spotted by
Wild Things

Karnataka, India

Spotted on Sep 24, 2013
Submitted on Feb 27, 2014

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