A CHECKLIST OF VALID INDIAN RODENT TAXA (MAMMALIA : RODENTIA) Updated till May, 2011 Online Version Ratufa indica maxima Schreber (Indian Giant Squirrel) photographed in Silent Valley National Park, Kerala by Dr. K. A. Subramanian, ZSI, Kolkata M. S. Pradhan* and S. S. Talmale Zoological Survey of India, Central Zone Regional Centre, 168-169, Vijaynagar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh -482 002, India E-mail : s_talmale@yahoo.co.in * Kalpanamati Housing Society, Flat No. B-2, Aundhgaon, Pune- 411 007 E-mail : wspradhan@yahoo.com