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title: "Black Giant Squirrel"
description: "Ratufa bicolor — Mammals. The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-giant-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black Giant Squirrel

> Ratufa bicolor — Mammals. The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope.

- Scientific name: *Ratufa bicolor*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 2560
- Wikidata: [Q917916](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q917916)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46033](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46033)

## Names

- en: Black Giant Squirrel
- de: Schwarzes Riesenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla gigante negra
- fr: Écureuil géant oriental
- nl: Tweekleurige reuzeneekhoorn
- pl: Wiewióra czarna

## Countries with the most observations

TH (791), MY (619), IN (342), ID (239), CN (119), VN (103), BT (54), KH (20), MM (7), BD (3), NP (3)

## Summary

The black giant squirrel or Malayan giant squirrel (Ratufa bicolor) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa native to the Indomalayan zootope. It is found in forests from northern Bangladesh, northeast India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, West Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and western Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali and nearby small islands).

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_giant_squirrel

## Photo

![Black Giant Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-giant-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9508450

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-giant-squirrel?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).