Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus (Milne-Edwards 1867)

[Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias)] davidianus (Milne-Edwards 1867), Rev. Mag. Zool. Paris, ser. 2, 19: 196.

Type Locality: "Mountains of Peking," Hebei Prov., China.

Vernacular Names: Pere David's Rock Squirrel.

Synonyms: Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) collaris Heude 1898 .

Subspecies::

Subspecies Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus subsp. davidianus Milne-Edwards 1867

Subspecies Sciurotamias (Sciurotamias) davidianus subsp. consobrinus Milne-Edwards 1868

Distribution: S Gansu to Hebei and Shandong to S Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Henan, Hubei, Guizhou, Guangxi, Anhui and SW Sichuan (China) (Zhang et al., 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Sciurotamias . Distribution shown by Corbet and Hill (1992) is more restricted than that of Zhang et al. (1997).