Callosciurus inornatus (Gray, 1867)
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Callosciurus inornatus |
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Inornate Squirrel
Callosciurus inornatus View in CoL
French: Ecureuil terne / German: Einfarbiges Schénhérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla inornada
Taxonomy. Macroxus inornatus Gray, 1867 ,
“Loo Mountains.”
Restricted by J. C.
Moore and G. H. H. Tate in 1965 to mountains in Laos.
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. S China (S Yunnan), N & E Laos, and N & W Vietnam.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 218-291 mm, tail 176-210 mm; weight ¢.325 g. Dorsum and tail of the Inornate Squirrel are deep olive agouti. Ears and feet match dorsum but tail frequently is black tipped. Venter is bluish gray to light violet-gray. The Inornate Squirrel is smaller than the sympatric Pallas’s Squirrel subspecies (C. erythraeus hendeei).
Habitat. Scrublands, degraded evergreen forests, and pristine evergreen forests. The Inornate Squirrel is found in wet or dry forest habitats and may be an edge specialist, which would allow it to tolerate disturbed or degraded habitat.
Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Inornate Squirrel is diurnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Inornate Squirrel is widely distributed, has a presumed large population, occurs in a number of protected areas, and tolerates some degree of habitat modification. It is hunted in Laos, but there is no evidence that this poses a threat. Habitat loss may not be a threat as it may actually benefit from shifting agriculture.
Bibliography. Corbet & Hill (1992), Duckworth & Timmins (2008), Moore & Tate (1965), Smith & Yan Xie (2008), Thorington et al. (2012).
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