Indian giant squirrel or Malabar giant squirrel, Ratufa indica. Native to India. Le grand ecuriel de la cote de Malabar. Copperplate engraving by Desmoulins after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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