Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Robert S. Hoffmann Author Charles G. Anderson text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 419 465 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353130 1-56098-217-9 7353130 Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777) . Syst. Regn. Anim., 1:420 . TYPE LOCALITY: "in India orientali" [ Bombay , India ]. Based on "Pennant's Bombay squirrel" ( Moore and Tate, 1965:43 ) . DISTRIBUTION: C and S India , excluding central lowlands. STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Endangered as R. i. dealbata and R. i. elphinstonei. SYNONYMS: bengalensis (Blanford, 1897); bombaya ( Boddaert, 1785 ); centralis Ryley, 1913; dealbata (Blanford, 1897); elphinstoni (Sykes, 1831); malabarica (Scopoli, 1786); maxima (Schreber, 1784); purpureus (Zimmermann, 1777); superans Ryley, 1913. COMMENTS: Pennant (1771:281) described, but did not name this species, and said it "Inhabits Bombay ."