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 language.

Sri-Lanka-Riesenhérnchen in English

grizzled giant squirrel in language.

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel in English

Grizzled Giant Squirrel in English

Écureuil Géant De Ceylan in French

Écureuil Géant Gris in French

Bibliographic References

1. Thorington, Richard W., Jr., John L. Koprowski, Michael A. Steele, and James F. Whatton, 2012: null. Squirrels of the World. vii + 459.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.