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Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti Thomas 1922

Description

Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti Thomas 1922

Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti Thomas 1922, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 10: 399.

Type Locality: "Mekong-Yangtze Divide on 27° 20' N 7000-9000'." [=Hengduan Shan] Yunnan Prov., China.

Vernacular Names: Forrest's Rock Squirrel.

Distribution: Yunnan Province,(China). See Zhang et al. (1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Subgenus Rupestes (Moore and Tate, 1965). Apparently parapatric with davidianus ESE of Kunming.

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 803, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Sciuridae
Genus
Sciurotamias
Species
forresti
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sciurotamias (Rupestes) forresti Thomas, 1922 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Zhang, Y., S. Jin, G. Quan, S. Li, Z. Ye, F. Wang, and M. Zhang. 1997. Distribution of mammalian species in China. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 280 pp.
  • 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.