Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777)
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Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777) View in CoL . Syst. Regn. Anim., 1:420.
TYPE LOCALITY: "in India orientali" [ Bombay, India]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" ( Moore and Tate, 1965:43) .
DISTRIBUTION: C and S India, excluding central lowlands.
STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Endangered as R. i. dealbata and R. i. elphinstonei.
SYNONYMS: bengalensis (Blanford, 1897); bombaya ( Boddaert, 1785); centralis Ryley, 1913; dealbata (Blanford, 1897); elphinstoni (Sykes, 1831); malabarica (Scopoli, 1786); maxima (Schreber, 1784); purpureus (Zimmermann, 1777); superans Ryley, 1913.
COMMENTS: Pennant (1771:281) described, but did not name this species, and said it "Inhabits Bombay."
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