Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833)

[Sciurus] pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833, Mag. Zool. Paris, 2: 5.

Type Locality: "from forest of Syriam, near Pegu, Burma " (Moore and Tate, 1965:217).

Vernacular Names: Irrawaddy Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. pygerythrus I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1833

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. blythii Tytler 1854

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. janetta Thomas 1914

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. lokroides Hodgson 1836

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. mearsi Bonhote 1906

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. owensi Thomas and Wroughton 1916

Subspecies Callosciurus pygerythrus subsp. stevensi Thomas 1908

Distribution: Nepal and NE India to Burma, N Vietnam, and Yunnan (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable.

Discussion: Revised by Moore and Tate (1965:209); reviewed by Corbet and Hill (1992:289).