Pale Giant Squirrel
Ratufa affinis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 485
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia
- Conservation
- Near Threatened
Description
The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby small islands. The species is near threatened and vulnerable to habitat degradation, and it has probably been extirpated in Singapore where the last sighting was in 1995. Reported sightings in Vietnam in 1984 are considered to be dubious.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Cream-coloured giant squirrel”.