Red-cheeked squirrel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Red-cheeked Squirrels Fossil range: Early Pleistocene to Recent |
||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||||||
|
Dremomys everetti |
Red-cheeked Squirrels (genus Dremomys) form a taxon of squirrels under the subfamily Callosciurinae. They are only found in Asia.
There are five species of Red-cheeked Squirrels:
- Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel, Dremomys everetti
- Red-throated Squirrel, Dremomys gularis
- Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel, Dremomys lokriah
- Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel, Dremomys pernyi
- Red-hipped Squirrel, Dremomys pyrrhomerus
- Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel, Dremomys rufigenis
[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.
