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Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel

Ratufa indica

Description:

The Ratufa indica has a conspicuous two-toned and sometimes three-toned color scheme.The colors involved can be creamy-beige, buff, tan, rust, brown, or even a dark seal brown. The underparts and the front legs are usually cream colored, the head can be brown or beige, however there is a distinctive white spot between the ears. Adult head and body length varies between 14 inches (36 cm) and the tail length is approximately 2 ft (0.61 m).

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8 Comments

MayraSpringmann
MayraSpringmann 11 years ago

Wow!!! Incredible!!

Jake Barnes
Jake Barnes 12 years ago

Thats so cool

Harsha Singh
Harsha Singh 12 years ago

WOW!

Nitch
Nitch 12 years ago

nice spotting... :)

SummerNilson
SummerNilson 12 years ago

I have never seen anything like it! Amazing! Thank you for sharing this with the world!

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 12 years ago

Nice shots! They look so unique!

Ashok N Pulliyerengi
Ashok N Pulliyerengi 12 years ago

Thank you DanielePralong :)

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Fantastic spotting and picture Ashok!

India

Spotted on Mar 18, 2012
Submitted on Mar 19, 2012

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