Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas 1779)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 754-818 : 776

Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas 1779)

[Sciurus] erythraeus Pallas 1779 , Nova Spec. Quad. Glir. Ord.: 377.

Type Locality: Not known; restricted to Assam, India by Bonhote (1901 a); further restricted to the Garo Hills of Assam by Moore and Tate (1965) .

Vernacular Names: Pallas's Squirrel.

Synonyms: Callosciurus cinnamomeiventris (Swinhoe 1862) ; Callosciurus cucphuongis Dao Van Tien 1965 ; Callosciurus dabshanensis Xu and Chen 1989 ; Callosciurus gongshanensis Wang 1981 ; Callosciurus griseopectus (Blyth 1847) ; Callosciurus quinlingensis Xu and Chen 1989 ; Callosciurus tsingtauensis (Hilzheimer 1906) ; Callosciurus wuliangshanensis Li and Wang 1981 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. erythraeus Pallas 1779

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. atrodorsalis Gray 1942

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bartoni Thomas 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bhutanensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. bonhotei Robinson and Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. castaneoventris Gray 1842

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. erythrogaster Blyth 1842

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. flavimanus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1831

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. gloveri Thomas 1921

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. gordoni Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. griseimanus Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. harringtoni Thomas 1905

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. hendeei Osgood 1932

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. hyperythrus Blyth 1855

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. intermedius Anderson 1879

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. michianus Robinson and Wroughton 1911

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. ningpoensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. pranis Kloss 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. rubeculus Miller 1903

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. shanicus Ryley 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. siamensis Gray 1860

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. sladeni Anderson 1871

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. styani Thomas 1894

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. thai Kloss 1917

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. thaiwanensis Bonhote 1901

Subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus subsp. zimmeensis Robinson and Wroughton 1916

Distribution: West of Irrawaddy River in India, Burma, and SE China. East of Irrawaddy River in Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Indochina, S China, and Taiwan. Introduced into Argentina (Aprila and Chicco, 1999).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Includes sladeni; see Moore and Tate (1965). Includes flavimanus G. St. Hillaire (1831) as a junior synonym ( Corbet and Hill, 1992:286); both were previously considered distinct ( Moore and Tate, 1965). Subspecies allocations follow Moore and Tate (1965). Chromosomes described (as flavimanus) by Nadler et al. (1975 b). Indian populations reviewed by Agrawal and Chakraborty (1979) and by Oshida et al. (1996 a, b), and Vietnamese populations by Dao (1965).