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title: "Pale Giant Squirrel"
description: "Ratufa affinis — Mamíferos. The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby small islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pale-giant-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Pale Giant Squirrel

> Ratufa affinis — Mamíferos. The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby small islands.

- Scientific name: *Ratufa affinis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 997
- Wikidata: [Q1194191](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1194191)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46032](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46032)

## Names

- en: Pale Giant Squirrel
- de: Blasses Riesenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla gigante pálida
- fr: Ratufe Dorée
- pl: Wiewióra kremowa

## Countries with the most observations

MY (704), ID (33), TH (12)

## Summary

The cream-coloured giant squirrel or pale giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in forests in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra (Indonesia), Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) and nearby small islands. The species is near threatened and vulnerable to habitat degradation, and it has probably been extirpated in Singapore where the last sighting was in 1995. Reported sightings in Vietnam in 1984 are considered to be dubious.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/136532022

## Machine access

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