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Giant Black Squirrel Giant black squirell in a hillside forest near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Spotted on the foot path up to Kbal Spean, a jungle waterfall temple. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kbal_Spean" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kbal_Spean</a><br />
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At first they seemed like skunks jumping around in the trees, we didn&#039;t think they were squirrels until someone told us, though it&#039;s obvious in retrospect.  Black giant squirrel,Cambodia,Geotagged,Ratufa bicolor,Winter,asia,black-giant-squirrel,cambodia,giant-black-squirrel,squirrel,travel Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Giant Black Squirrel

Giant black squirell in a hillside forest near Siem Reap, Cambodia. Spotted on the foot path up to Kbal Spean, a jungle waterfall temple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kbal_Spean

At first they seemed like skunks jumping around in the trees, we didn't think they were squirrels until someone told us, though it's obvious in retrospect.

    comments (2)

  1. I've never seen this one so up close, what a fabulous creature and photo! Posted 10 years ago
  2. fantastic shot! :) Nice close up! :) Posted 10 years ago

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The black giant squirrel 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, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam and western Indonesia.

Similar species: Rodents
Species identified by jerclarke
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By jerclarke

Attribution Non-Commercial
Uploaded Apr 15, 2015. Captured Feb 2, 2015 02:24 in Phnom Koulen National Park, Unnamed Road, Cambodia.
  • X-E1
  • f/6.7
  • 1/100s
  • ISO1250
  • 230mm