Callosciurus erythraeus
(Pallas, 1779)
Pallas's 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
Pallas, P.S. 1779. Fasciculus II. Pp. 71–388 in Pallas, P.S. 1778-1779. Novae species quadrupedum e glirium ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Wolfgang Walther, Erlangen, 388 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15495205Original name as described
Sciurus erythraeus
Other common names
Formosan Squirrel · Red-bellied Squirrel
Type material
lost (number not known)
Type kind
nonexistent
Type locality
Original type locality not known. Restricted by J. L. Bonhote in 1901 to Assam, India, and further restricted by J. C. Moore and G. H. H. Tate in 1965 to the Garo Hills of Assam.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
China · Taiwan · India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · Thailand · Cambodia · Malaysia
Taxonomy notes
the subspecies griseimanus and flavimanus (and all synonyms associated with these subspecies) have been moved from C. erythraeus to C. finlaysonii based on genetic data
Taxonomy notes citation
Balakirev, A. E., & Rozhnov, V. V. (2019). Taxonomic revision of beautiful squirrels (Callosciurus, Rodentia: Sciuridae) from the Callosciurus erythraeus/finlaysonii c omplex and their distribution in eastern Indochina. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 67, 459-489.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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