There’s a species of squirrel so large and colorful that they look like something out of a fairytale.
The Malabar giant squirrel can grow up to 36 inches long. John Koprowski is a professor and associate director at the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona, and a squirrel expert. When he visited India in 2006 and first saw the creatures, he thought they looked more like primates than squirrels.
“These are giants!” Koprowski told The Dodo.
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