Callosciurus pygerythrus
(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1831)
Irrawaddy 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
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, I. 1831-03-19. Mammifères. Pp. 1–160 in Bélanger, C. 1835. Voyage aux Indes-Orientales, par le Nord de l'Europe, les Provinces du Caucase, la Géorgie, l'Arménie et la Perse, suivi de Détails topographiques, statistiques et autres sur le Pégou, les Iles de Java, de Maurice et de Bourbon, sur le Cap de Bonne-Espérance et Sainte-Hélène, pendant les Années 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829. Zoologie. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 535 pp.
Authority publication link
https://hdl.handle.net/2027/osu.32435028294999Original name as described
Sciurus pygerythrus
Other common names
Hoary-bellied Squirrel
Type material
MNHN 1829-286 (= MNHN 294)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"dans les forêts de Syriam, au Pégou," Myanmar.
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic · Indomalaya
Country distribution
Nepal · India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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