Callosciurus caniceps
(J. E. Gray, 1842)
Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
Family | : Sciuridae |
Subfamily | : Callosciurinae |
Tribe | : Callosciurini |
Genus | : Callosciurus |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1842-12-01. Descriptions of some new genera and fifty unrecorded species of Mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1)10(65):255-267.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2324287Original name as described
Sciurus caniceps
Other common names
Gray-bellied Squirrel
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:213a (= BMNH:Mamm:1841.1817)
Type kind
lectotype
Type locality
"Bhotan," restricted by Robinson and Kloss in 1918 to N Tenasserim, Myanmar.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
China? · Myanmar · Laos? · Thailand
Taxonomy notes
previously included C. concolor
Taxonomy notes citation
Hinckley, A., Maldonado, J.E., Tamura, N., Leonard, J.A. and Hawkins, M.T.R. 2024. Lost in synonymy: Integrative species delimitation reveals two unrecognized species of Southern Asian tree squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Callosciurinae). Vertebrate Zoology 74:683-707. doi:10.3897/vz.74.e133467
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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