Callosciurus pygerythrus (I. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 1832) . Mag. Zool. Paris, p. 5, pl. 4-6.

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

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

SYNONYMS: assamensis (Gray, 1843); bellona (Thomas and Wroughton, 1916); blythii (Tytler, 1854); janetta (Thomas, 1914); lokroides (Hodgson, 1836); mearsi (Bonhote, 1906); owensi (Thomas and Wroughton, 1916); similis (Gray, 1867); stevensi (Thomas, 1908); virgo (Thomas and Wroughton, 1916).

COMMENTS: Revised by Moore and Tate (1965:209).