The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel native to the Indomalayan region, found in forests from northern Bangladesh and northeast India through Nepal, Bhutan, southern China and mainland Southeast Asia to West Malaysia and western Indonesia, including Java, Sumatra and Bali. It is among the largest squirrels in the world, an adult weighing about 1.05 to 1.25 kg with a head and body of 34 to 37 cm and a tail of 41 to 42 cm. It is distinctly bicoloured, with deep brown to black upperparts and tail and light buff underparts, though island populations can have orange or reddish underparts. It is diurnal and arboreal, feeds on seeds, pine cones, fruits and leaves, and raises one or two young in a drey in a tree hollow. Settlement, logging, agriculture and hunting have cut the population by up to 30 percent in ten years, though it is protected from hunting by law or tradition in places.
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Black giant squirrel (Wikipedia)Lead, rangeQuote, Lead, range
It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
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Behavior
R. bicolor is diurnal and arboreal, but sometimes climbs down from the forest canopy to feed on the ground.
Behavior, diet
Its diet consists of seeds, pine cones, fruits, and leaves.
Habitat
has resulted in a total loss of up to 30% of the population in the past ten years
Habitat, threats
R. bicolor's habitat has been steadily encroached upon by human settlement, timber harvesting and agriculture
Habitat, relationship to people
overhunting by human predation in parts of its range
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It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).
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is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa
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is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa
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