Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Indian Zool. vol.1 p.pl. 1
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Rodentia
- family
- Sciuridae
- genus
- Ratufa
- species
- Ratufa macroura
Name
- Synonyms
- Ratufa macroura sinhala Phillips, 1931
- Ratufa macrurus albipes Blyth, 1859
- Sciurus ceilonensis Boddaert, 1785
- Sciurus ceylonensis Erxleben, 1777
- Sciurus ceylonica (Erxleben, 1777)
- Sciurus macrourus Pennant, 1769
- Sciurus macrourus var. monatnus Kelaart, 1852
- Sciurus macrourus var. montana (Kelaart, 1852)
- Sciurus macrura Blanford, 1891
- Sciurus tennentii Blyth, 1849
- Sciurus zeylanicus Ray, 1693
- Sciurus zeyllanicus Day, 1693
- Homonyms
- Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)
- Common names
- Ardilla gigante de Sri Lanka in English
- Ecureuil du Sri Lanka in English
- Grizzled Giant Squirrel in English
- Grizzled giant squirrel in language.
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Sri-Lanka-Riesenhérnchen in English
- Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English
- Grizzled Giant Squirrel in English
- Écureuil Géant De Ceylan in French
- Écureuil Géant Gris in French
Bibliographic References
- Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton, 2012: null. Squirrels of the World. vii + 459.
- Thorington, Richard W., Jr., and Robert S. Hoffman / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Family Sciuridae. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 754-818.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.