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Ratufa (Asian giant squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Ratufa was named by Gray (1867). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ratufini by Mercer and Roth (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Ratufa Gray
1997Ratufa McKenna and Bell
1997Ratufa Mein and Ginsburg p. 809
2003Ratufa Mercer and Roth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeRatufini
genusRatufaGray 1867

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Ratufa Gray 1867 [Asian giant squirrel]
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Ratufa affinis Raffles 1822 [cream-coloured giant squirrel]
Ratufa bicolor Sparrmann 1778 [black giant squirrel]
†Ratufa maelongensis Mein et al. 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: see also Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008g
Created: 2011-05-12 18:15:06
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:54:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Ratufa obtusidens (66138)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Ratufa maelongensis (48126)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Ratufa sp. (74539)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Ratufa sp. (46955)