A large squirrel of southern India and Sri Lanka, with a grizzled tail marked by pale hairs. It spends almost all its time in trees.
The upper tail is gray or brownish gray with white highlights. Body color varies by locality, while the underside is lighter.
It is almost entirely arboreal and uses holes in tree trunks as temporary shelters. Its diet includes fruit, nuts, insects, bird eggs, and bark.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.