Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777 Ratufa indica subsp. indica Erxleben 1777 , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 420 . Type Locality: "in India orientali" [ Bombay , India ]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" ( Moore and Tate, 1965:43 ). Synonyms: Ratufa indica subsp. bombaya ( Boddaert 1785 ) ; Ratufa indica subsp. elphinstoni (Sykes 1831) ; Ratufa indica subsp. purpureus (Zimmermann 1777) ; Ratufa indica subsp. superans Ryley 1913 .