Top location: Malayan giant squirrels are arboreal animals, rarely coming down to the ground to forage. — The Daily Star/ANN
DHAKA: Of the world’s eight squirrel species, the Malayan giant squirrel – the world’s largest – is under threat in Bangladesh.
At first glance the squirrel, commonly known as a Malayan, may look like a monkey because of its long tail, big ears and two-tone black and yellow colouration, hence it’s scientific name – Ratufa bicolor.
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