Irrawaddy squirrel

Irrawaddy squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species: C. pygerythrus
Binomial name
Callosciurus pygerythrus
(I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1832)
Subspecies[2]
  • C. p. pygerythrus
  • C. p. blythii
  • C. p. janetta
  • C. p. lokroides
  • C. p. mearsi
  • C. p. owensi
  • C. p. stevensi

The Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ↑ Shrestha, N., Sarkar, S. K., Lunde, D., Duckworth, J. W., Lee, B., Tizard, R. J. & Molur, S. (2008). Callosciurus pygerythrus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ↑ Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.


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