The Indian Giant Squirrel

United States
June 10, 2026 12:37am CST
No, not Native American as in USA, but from India. This giant squirrel is beautifully colored almost as if somebody painted him multi-colors. This squirrel can grow up to 3 ft long, hence "giant" and lives in the forests of India, hence "Indian." It can weigh 3-4 lbs and has a long bushy tail. There's more I found out about the squirrel, but I mostly just wanted you to see a photo of it because it's so unique.
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rakski
@rakski (156303)
• Philippines
12h
first time to see a colorful squirrel
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Jehanne
@Jehanne (1860)
• Philippines
12h
That's a pretty squirrel. Indeed! a unique one. First time to see a squirrel with multi colors.
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Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23998)
• United Kingdom
7h
It is much larger than our squirrels & nicely coloured!
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Fleur
@Fleura (34962)
• United Kingdom
12h
There's something a bit weird about seeing a giant version of an animal you are used to seeing quite small!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
11h
That's certainly colourful.
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Xavier Bage
@franxav (14592)
• India
7h
We see squirrels plenty around our house but they are of smaller in size and not so colorful. They have black stripes on their back. I have never seen this kind.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120677)
• United States
6h
It’s so cute! You picked a great animal to highlight.
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Four Walls
@FourWalls (86628)
• United States
5h
Wow, it’s beautiful! Thanks for sharing the photo and the information!
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Baconstripsxxx
@BACONSTRIPSXXX (18082)
• Torrington, Connecticut
6h
Wow, I had never seen one of those before! The colors almost do look painted on, like someone decided a regular squirrel just was not exciting enough and turned the brightness all the way up ??
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Michael Duff
@Wrexxo (1708)
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10h
The squirrel is so beautiful..we eat squirrels here but I wouldn't wanna touch this one. It's so beautiful
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