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Callosciurus pygerythrus

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Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833)

[Sciurus] pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833, Mag. Zool. Paris, 2: 5.

Type Locality: "from forest of Syriam, near Pegu, Burma " (Moore and Tate, 1965:217).

Vernacular Names: Irrawaddy Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. blythii Tytler 1854

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. janetta Thomas 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. lokroides Hodgson 1836

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. mearsi Bonhote 1906

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. owensi Thomas and Wroughton 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. stevensi Thomas 1908

Distribution: Nepal and NE India to Burma, N Vietnam, and Yunnan (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Revised by Moore and Tate (1965:209); reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992:289).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, pp. 754-818 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 779, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Callosciurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Rodentia
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire
Species
pygerythrus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Callosciurus pygerythrus (Saint, 1833) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Moore, J. C., and G. H. H. Tate. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indochinese subregions. Fieldiana: Zoology, 48: 1 - 351.
  • Corbet, G. B., and J. E. Hill. 1992. Mammals of the Indomalayan region. A systematic review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 488 pp.