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Red cheeked squirrel

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Callosciurinae

Scientific name
  
Dremomys

Higher classification
  
Sciurinae

Order
  
Rodent

Family
  
Sciuridae

Tribe
  
Callosciurini

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

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Lower classifications
  
Orange‑bellied Himalayan squirrel, Bornean mountain ground s, Asian red‑cheeked squirrel, Perny's long‑nosed squirrel, Red‑hipped squirrel

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Red-cheeked squirrels (genus Dremomys) form a taxon under the subfamily Callosciurinae. The six species found only in Asia are listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN.

  • The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
  • The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti), found in Indonesia and Malaysia, is named after British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
  • The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.
  • Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) is found in China, India, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
  • The red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) is found in China and Vietnam.
  • The red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China. It is sympatric with another member of the same genus, D. rufigenis, but lives at higher attitudes - 2,500 to 3,000 metres (1.6 to 1.9 mi) in the case of the type specimen.

    • References

    Red-cheeked squirrel Wikipedia
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