Oriental giant squirrel
Oriental giant squirrels are cat-sized tree squirrels from the genus Ratufa in the subfamily Ratufinae. They are a distinctive element of the fauna of south and southeast Asia.
Species
There are four living species of oriental giant squirrels:| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
| Cream-coloured giant squirrel | Ratufa affinis | Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo | |
| Black giant squirrel | Ratufa bicolor | northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia | |
| Indian giant squirrel | Ratufa indica | India. | |
| Grizzled giant squirrel | Ratufa macroura | Tamil Nadu, India. |
In prehistoric times this lineage was more widespread. For example, animals very similar to Ratufa and possibly belonging to this genus–at least belonging to the Ratufinae–were part of the early Langhian Hambach fauna of Germany.