Asiatic striped squirrel
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| Asiatic Striped Squirrels Fossil range: Late Pliocene to Recent |
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Tamiops mcclellandii |
Asiatic Striped Squirrels (genus Tamiops) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Callosciurinae. They are only found in Asia.
There are four species of Asiatic striped squirrels:
- Himalayan Striped Squirrel, Tamiops mcclellandii
- Maritime Striped Squirrel, Tamiops maritimus
- Cambodian Striped Squirrel, Tamiops rodolphii
- Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel, Tamiops swinhoei
[edit] References
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
