Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777
Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777, Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 420.
Type Locality: "in India orientali" [Bombay, India]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" (Moore and Tate, 1965:43).
Synonyms: Ratufa indica subsp. bombaya (Boddaert 1785); Ratufa indica subsp. elphinstoni (Sykes 1831); Ratufa indica subsp. purpureus (Zimmermann 1777); Ratufa indica subsp. superans Ryley 1913 .