Malabar giant squirrel (Ratufa indica)

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Photo by AnjaliAnantharam

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The most beautiful of Indian Squirrels endemic to the forests of Peninsular India.It is a diurnal and arboreal species. It occurs in tropical evergreen, semievergreen and moist deciduous forests. The species is not tolerant of habitat degradation.

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Indian giant squirrel

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Comments (28)

AnjaliAnantharam

Thank you!

Mona Pirih

lovely..

AnjaliAnantharam

IsabellaFiers .. Thank you :)

AnjaliAnantharam

patty.. Thank you :)

patty

Beautiful squirrel =)

IsabellaFiers

Wonderful !!

AnjaliAnantharam

KMills, Harsha .. Thank you!!

KMills

just gorgeous :-)

Harsha Singh

That is lovely.

Ashish

I saw them many times in deep forests with least disturbance... They are very shy and quick. They are tough to spot. Earlier I do no have better camera. So do not have spottings in my collection. 2 years back I find newly borne cub and find it in my very few Mammal spottings.

AnjaliAnantharam

Thts nice, Ashish.. I have seen them in all the forests here and they are quite common and just as beautiful every where.. The coloration does vary due to habitats and they are found in diff sub species as well...I myself have seen this difference in dif places tht I have seen them in...

Ashish

Welcome.. In Bhimashankar forest we find very Red MGS than this Maxima race. I did not had chance to visit there since my Canon arrived. I will post it in spottings.. as I grab one of them. They are my dream spottings.

AnjaliAnantharam

Thanks, Ashish..Have updated the information.. GSQ's as we call them are one of the giant squirrels we find here...

Ilya Bezdelev

Gosh, no wonder it has "giant" in its name

Ashish

This is Ratufa indica maxima the biggest of Western ghats..!! http://www.indianaturewatch.net/displayimage.php?id=69953

Ashish

Fantastic... Great spotting Anjali...!! This is Maharashtra's State Animal..!! Please tell where you spotted it..? As per map is it in Bengaluru city..?

AnjaliAnantharam

Thanks, IIya Bezdelev.. This information is as per wikipedia..(Adult head and body length varies between 14 inches (36 cm) and the tail length is approximately 2 ft (0.61 m). Adult weight - 2 kg (4.41 lb).[6]) ... It was an adult so must have been around the same...

Ilya Bezdelev

Great photo! How big is this squirrel?

AnjaliAnantharam

Sachin,Nopayahnah,Atul... Thank you... :)

Atul

Amazing Capture Anjali !

Maria dB

Spectacular squirrel!

Sachin Zaveri

Wonderful colors,

AnjaliAnantharam

Thanks, Vipin..