Père David's rock squirrel

Père David's rock squirrel
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sciurotamias
Species: S. davidianus
Binomial name
Sciurotamias davidianus
(Milne-Edwards, 1867)

The Père David's rock squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel,[2] is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central parts of the country.[1] This largely terrestrial squirrel is overall dull olive-grey with paler underparts, a distinct pale eye-ring and a dark patch on the cheeks. It has sometimes been confused with the rather different –but in colour very variable– Pallas's Squirrel; an introduced population in Belgium was first mistakenly identified as Père David's rock squirrel.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). Sciurotamias davidianus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1380669
  3. ^ Stuyck, Baert, Breyne & Adriaens (2010). Invasion history and control of a Pallas squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus population in Dadizele, Belgium. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek.

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