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kumarvijay1708 In reply to offbeat-art-dog [2011-07-05 14:55:27 +0000 UTC]

Tree Squirrels
The common North American tree squirrel rarely has stripes, but some squirrels in other areas of the world do. The Indian palm squirrel has a mixture of black and cream stripes across its back. It is native to India and Sri Lanka and also been introduced to Australia. The similar northern or five-striped palm squirrel can be found throughout India, Iran, Nepal and Pakistan. Both of these squirrels make their homes primarily in trees.

Chipmunks
Chipmunks, members of the squirrel family, are set apart by the way they gather food. These rodents are known for their ability to stuff their cheek pouches full of seeds and grains to take back to their burrows to feed their young or to store for the winter. All but one of the 25 species of chipmunk are found in North America, and all have stripes across their backs and sometimes their tails. They range in size from under from less than 8 inches long for the least chipmunk to up to 11 inches for the Eastern chipmunk.
that is common questions from other par of the world so this is from the net it looks very much like chipmunk

we do have giant indian squirrel is called shekru in locally if i get its photo i will certainly post it it weight almost 2 kg i have not seen it so far

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offbeat-art-dog In reply to kumarvijay1708 [2011-07-05 15:22:22 +0000 UTC]

the shekru...is a large squirrel...2kg...wow

I will return to your gallery to check it out more..

thanks!!!

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kumarvijay1708 In reply to offbeat-art-dog [2011-10-05 13:36:34 +0000 UTC]

and believe it is tree squirrel and not ground squirrel
it needs very dense tree forest so that it can transfer from one tree to another without coming down to ground it is also called flying squirrel cos it jumps from one tree to another (in spite of huge weight) it is mainly found in western ghat of bhima-shankar and on at sea level near murud in raigad(earlier coolaba ) district both the places are in maharashtra state it is maharashtras state national animal

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offbeat-art-dog In reply to kumarvijay1708 [2011-10-05 17:48:54 +0000 UTC]

We have a "flying squirrel" here too, it glides long distances, using flaps of skin on it's sides.

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