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Black Giant Squirrel

Ratufa bicolor

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Black Giant Squirrel visiting a fruit tree for breakfast

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SamanthaCraven
Whoops, wrong link! Here's the right one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_giant_squirrel
SamanthaCraven
Hi Alice, it is a rather unusual squirrel I'll give you that, but it is a squirrel (Family Sciuridae). According to Wikipedia: Head and body length varies from 35 to 58 centimetres (14 to 23 in) in length, and the tail is up to 60 centimetres (24 in) long, with an overall length of up to 118 centimetres (46 in). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciuridae
alicelongmartin
The tail does not look like a squirrels, could this be another animal?
lori.tas
That's a really big squirrel!

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