Dremomys pyrrhomerus (Thomas 1895)

[Dremomys] pyrrhomerus (Thomas 1895), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 242.

Type Locality: "Ichang, Yang-tse-kiang [river] [Hupei, China]." .

Vernacular Names: Red-hipped Squirrel.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Dremomys pyrrhomerus subsp. pyrrhomerus Thomas 1895

Subspecies Dremomys pyrrhomerus subsp. riudonensis J. A. Allen 1906

Distribution: C and S China, extreme N Vietnam, Hainan Isl (China).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Moore and Tate (1965) treated pyrrhomerus as a species separate from rufigenis based on evidence of geographic parapatry, and relative rostral length. Corbet and Hill (1992) listed gularis as a separate species, but considered other forms of pyrrhomerus to be conspecific with rufigenis, whereas Zhang et al. (1997) followed Moore and Tate (op. cit.), providing additional Chinese locality records showing sympatry of the two taxa at 10 localities in Yunnan, 3 in Guangxi, and one each in Hunan and Anhui provinces.