Asiatic striped squirrel

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iAsiatic Striped Squirrels Fossil range: Late Pliocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Callosciurinae Genus: Tamiops Allen, 1906
Species
Tamiops macclellandi Tamiops maritimus Tamiops rodolphei Tamiops swinhoei

Asiatic Striped Squirrels (genus Tamiops) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Sciurinae. They are only found in Asia.

There are four species of Asiatic striped squirrels:

• Himalayan Striped Squirrel, Tamiops macclellandi
• Maritime Striped Squirrel, Tamiops maritimus
• Cambodian Striped Squirrel, Tamiops rodolphei
• Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel, Tamiops swinhoei