Red-cheeked squirrel
Red-cheeked squirrels are species of squirrels in the genus Dremomys in the subfamily Callosciurinae. The six species which are all found only in Asia are listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
- The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.[8]
- The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti), found in Indonesia and Malaysia, is named after British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
- The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.
- Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) is found in China, India, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
- The red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) is found in China and Vietnam.
- The red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China.[7] It is sympatric with another member of the same genus, D. rufigenis, but lives at higher attitudes[1] - 2,500 to 3,000 metres (1.6 to 1.9 mi) in the case of the type specimen.[7]
| Red-cheeked squirrels Temporal range: Early Pleistocene to Recent | |
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| Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Callosciurinae |
| Genus: | Dremomys Heude, 1898 |
| Species | |
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D. everetti (Thomas, 1890) | |
References
- Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press, retrieved 15 August 2009
- Duckworth, J.W. (2017). "Dremomys rufigenis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T6824A22256057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T6824A22256057.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Dremomys pyrrhomerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Lunde, D. & Molur, S. (2008). "Dremomys pernyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Molur, S. (2008). "Dremomys lokriah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- Tizard, R.J (2016). "Dremomys everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T6820A22255505. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T6820A22255505.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Lunde, D. (2008). "Dremomys gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T136313A4273170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136313A4273170.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
- Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, Vol. 12 (2005), p. 780
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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