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 macroura (Pennant 1769) [Sciurus] macrourus Pennant 1769 , Indian Zool., Vol. 1: pl. 1 . Type Locality: " Ceylon and Malabar.... Malacca ...Goa and Amboina." Restricted by Phillips (1933) to highlands of Central and Uva Provs., Sri Lanka . Vernacular Names: Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel . Synonyms: Ratufa zeylanicus (Ray 1693) . Subspecies: : Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. macroura Pennant 1769 Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. dandolena Thomas and Wroughton 1915 Subspecies Ratufa macroura subsp. melanochra Thomas and Wroughton 1915 Distribution: Sri Lanka and S India . Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN – Vulnerable. Discussion: Reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992) . Joshua (1996) reported apparent hybridization with R. indica , but had no cytogenetic data.