Oriental giant squirrel
| Oriental giant squirrels Temporal range: Middle Miocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Indian giant squirrel (Ratufa indica) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Ratufinae Moore, 1959 |
| Genus: | Ratufa J. E. Gray, 1867 |
| Type species | |
| Sciurus indicus Erxleben, 1777 | |
| Species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eoscuirus | |
Oriental giant squirrels are cat-sized tree squirrels from the genus Ratufa in the subfamily Ratufinae. They are a distinctive element of the fauna of south and southeast Asia.