Indian Giant Squirrel vs red-cedar

Ratufa indica compared with Trichilia hirta

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Indian Giant Squirrel	red-cedar
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Rodents)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sciuridae (Squirrels)	Meliaceae
Genus	Ratufa	Trichilia
Species	Ratufa indica	Trichilia hirta

Conservation Status

Indian Giant Squirrel

LC — Least Concern

red-cedar

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Indian Giant Squirrel	red-cedar
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Indian Giant Squirrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

red-cedar

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Brazil, Colombia, and Cuba.