Grey-bellied squirrel

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Grey-bellied squirrel
Callosciurus caniceps caniceps - Kaeng Krachan.jpg
Grey-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) (8681224096).jpg
Two variants:

Above—from Kaeng Krachan, Thailand
Below—from Taman Negara, Malaysia

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species:
C. caniceps
Binomial name
Callosciurus caniceps
(J. E. Gray, 1842)
Subspecies [2]
  • C. c. caniceps
  • C. c. adangensis
  • C. c. bimaculatus
  • C. c. casensis
  • C. c. concolor
  • C. c. domelicus
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The grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) 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. [1] 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. [3]

Weight

Rudd (1965) gave the weights of 2 adult males trapped in Malaysia as follow : 247.7 and 251.5 g. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Duckworth, J.W. (2016). "Callosciurus caniceps". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T3594A22254694. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3594A22254694.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae: Callosciurus caniceps". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN   0-8018-8221-4. OCLC   26158608.
  3. ↑ Francis, C.M. (2008). A Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia. Pp. 142–143, 334. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-0-691-13551-9
  4. ↑ Rudd, R. L. (30 November 1965). "Weight and Growth in Malaysian Rain Forest Mammals". Journal of Mammalogy. 46 (4): 588–594. doi: 10.2307/1377929 . JSTOR   1377929. PMID   5838225.


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