🐿️Indian giant squirrel
Wiewióra dekańska (Ratufa indica) – gatunek gryzonia z rodziny wiewiórkowatych (podrodzina Ratufinae). Po raz pierwszy został opisany przez walijskiego przyrodnika Thomasa Pennanta w 1771, lecz naukowiec nie nadał zwierzęciu nazwy naukowej. W 1777 naukowego opisu dokonał niemiecki przyrodnik Johann Christian Erxleben i nadał gatunkowi nazwę naukową Sciurus indicus. Typowa lokalizacja: Indie Wschodnie („in India orientali”); Bombaj, Indie. Do rodzaju Ratufa gatunek włączył brytyjski zoolog John Edward Gray w 1867. Wiewióra dekańska występuje w centralnej i południowej części Indii (na wysokości do ok. 180–2300 m n.p.m.), z wyłączeniem centralnych nizin. Międzynarodowa Unia Ochrony Przyrody (IUCN) wymienia Sciurus indica w Czerwonej księdze gatunków zagrożonych jako gatunek najmniejszej troski (LC – least concern). Ratufa indica obejmuje 4 podgatunki.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.06 kg
- Body length
- 0.46 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Indian giant squirrel
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.06 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.46 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass12 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length7.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation84 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 84 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
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Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleDiurnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density6.85 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Indian giant squirrel yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familySciuridae
- ›genusRatufa
- ›speciesRatufa indica
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- subfamilyRatufinae
- genusRatufa
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderSciuromorpha
- familySciuridae
- subfamilyRatufinae
- genusRatufa
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