Indian Giant Squirrel

My Photo scholarship 2011 entry

India | Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | 5 photos

Indian giant squirrel

The Indian giant squirrel, or Malabar giant squirrel, (Ratufa indica) is a large tree squirrel found in South Asia. It is also widely seen in the forest of Kerala, India. Indian Giant Squirrels (Ratufa indica) most often stay in trees, and they find refuge within holes of the trees, but here is one amusing bit of truth: they could leap from tree to tree, jumping a span of 6 meters or longer. The Indian Giant Squirrel is found in tropical forests, that includes the rainforests. An Indian Giant Squirrel has dorsal colors that go from red to brown, but generally, they have a white fur in the belly area. Ears of an Indian Giant Squirrel are round, a pronounced hand with an inner paw that is of course used for gripping. A typical Indian Giant Squirrel weighs about 1.5 to 2 kilograms.
There are five photographs describing the routine process of this squirrel. (i) The Squirrel wakes up in the morning (ii) Taking some fruits for the breakfast in the morning (iii) Moving around on the branches of the trees for their food and playing. (iv) It is preparing to jump from one branch to the other on the tree and (iv) It finally jumps from one branch to the other.

About the photographer:

I am working as a lab assistant in NIIST, CSIR, Trivandrum. I am basically from a middle class family from the tribal village of Andhra Pradesdh in India. My hobby is taking photography (nature and wildlife) and travel widely. I am using the still film and digital camera for photography.I use to watch regularly the Natural Geographic Channel and the Animal planet and learn various aspects and techniques of photography.

If an oppurtunity is provided, I will learn a lot andimprove my photographic capabilities.