Ratufa macroura

(Pennant, 1769)

Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel

Also as Grizzled Giant Squirrel.
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Location:Sri Lanka, Sabaragamuwa or Southern province, Sinharaja Forest ReserveDate taken:8 January 2014Description:Also as Grizzled Giant Squirrel.

Distribution :

Sri Lanka and S India.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 2547

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Placentalia
Magnorder: Boreoeutheria
Superorder: Euarchontoglires
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Ratufinae
Genus: Ratufa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pennant, T. 1769. Indian Zoology. None, London, 14 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56772645

Original name as described

Sciurus macrourus

Other common names

Grizzled Giant Squirrel

Type locality

"Ceylon and Malabar...Malacca...Goa and Amboina." Restricted by W. W. A. Phillips in 1933 to highlands of Central and Uva Provinces, Sri Lanka.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · Sri Lanka

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1001609

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

Sciurus Zeylanicus

J. Ray, 1693

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

zeylanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

before_1758

Authority page

215

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28832324

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus macrourus

Pennant, 1769

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macroura

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Ceylon and Malabar

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56772645

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:420, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Borowski (1780:46, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28347102) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67758)
Zimmermann (1783:165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
Gmelin (1788:148, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
Kerr (1792:260, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664284) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
Shaw (1801:129, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19603320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37618)
Turton (1802:92, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772948) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)
Wolf (1808:505) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72411)
Goldfuss (1809:119, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497953) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34654)
Fischer (1814:vi, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
Schinz (1821:305, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51529066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Horsfield (1824:@pl. 26 unnumbered p. 13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47293112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59259)
Schinz (1825:419, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51523836) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66129)
De Kay (1842:64, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2003519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36849)
Blyth (1847:868, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40126417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39852)
Blyth (1849:601, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128630) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63252)
Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
Kelaart (1852:49, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257248) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
Blyth (1852:350, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40265066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69216)
Blyth (1863:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Day (1863:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69416)
Jerdon (1867:168, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37299939) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68353)

Sciurus ceylonicus

Erxleben, 1777

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceylonica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Habitat in Ceylona

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

416

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873213

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Erxleben (1777:416, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15873213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus Ceilonensis

Boddaert, 1785

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceilonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

Ceilon

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230081

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Name usages

Boddaert (1785:117, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
Desmarest (1822:335, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39521779) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36189)
Lesson (1827:235, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207703) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus ceylanicus:

Latham & H. Davies, 1795

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceylanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Halle

Name usages

Latham & Davies (1795:3) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72595)

Sciurus Ceylanensis:

Desmoulins, 1824

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

ceylanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

71

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533434

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Desmoulins (1824:71, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48533434) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39868)

Sciurus macrurus:

J. B. Fischer, 1829

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

355

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Wagler (1830:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38965765) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/56273)
Burmeister (1837:813, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46858148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72421)
Gray (1843:137, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53729832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35530)
Kelaart (1852:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278677) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
Kelaart (1890:319) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Sciurus Teanentii

E. Blyth, 1849

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

teanentii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

it is wholly confined in its range to the Kandian country and the more elevated districts generally of the island.

Type locality

Sri Lanka.

Authority page

600

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128629

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Blyth (1849:600, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40128629) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63252)

Sciurus Tennentii:

E. L. Layard, 1851

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

tennentii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

405

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
Blyth (1863:100, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534781) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
Murray (1866:354, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580350) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

Sciurus macrourus var. montanus

Kelaart, 1852

Family

Sciuridae

Root name

montanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomennudum · notusedasvalid

Authority page

50

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Kelaart (1852:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
Thorington & Hoffmann (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8554)

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