| Asian red-cheeked squirrel | |
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| In Fraser's Hill, Malaysia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Dremomys |
| Species: | D. rufigenis |
| Binomial name | |
| Dremomys rufigenis (Blanford, 1878) | |
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The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in south-eastern Asia. [2]
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.
Thomas's flying squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of two species in the genus Aeromys. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
The grey-bellied squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests, plantations and gardens in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, southern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan) and possibly western Laos. It has been introduced in the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. As suggested by its name, its belly is usually grey, though sometimes reddish on the sides. Depending on subspecies and season, the upperparts are grey, yellowish-olive or reddish.
The inornate squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in China, Laos, and Vietnam.
Phayre's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests in China and Myanmar.
The Bornean mountain ground squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.
The red-hipped squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in both China and Vietnam.
Hagen's flying squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
Temminck's flying squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.
The shrew-faced squirrel, also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Rhinosciurus. It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. This peculiar, terrestrial squirrel mainly feeds on insects and earthworms. It quite closely resembles a Tupaia treeshrew in appearance, but the shrew-faced squirrel can be recognized by its shorter gape, and shorter and more bushy tail.
Brooke's squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. It was named for Charles Brooke, the second White Rajah of Sarawak by Oldfield Thomas from a specimen collected by Charles Hose on Mt Dulit.
The Davao squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
The Mindanao squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines.
The Culion tree squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
The Philippine tree squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae which is endemic to the Philippines.
The slender squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is arboreal and found in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The body is brown on the upper parts and light grey on the underparts. The body measures about 13–16 cm, with a slightly shorter slender tail. It feeds on soft bark, fruits and insects.
The Cambodian striped squirrel is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in eastern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Laos, and southern Vietnam.
The Callosciurinae are an Asiatic subfamily of squirrels containing over 60 species named after the genus Callosciurus, which means "beautiful squirrels".
The red-throated squirrel is a rodent of the family Sciuridae. This species of rodent is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China. The red-throated squirrel is sympatric with another member of the same genus, D. rufigenis, but lives at higher attitudes.
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