Callosciurus quinquestriatus (Anderson, 1871)
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Callosciurus quinquestriatus |
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Anderson’s Squirrel
Callosciurus quinquestriatus View in CoL
French: Ecureuil a cing raies / German: Anderson-Schénhérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla de Anderson
Taxonomy. Callosciurus quinquestriatus J. Anderson, 1871 View in CoL , “common at Ponsee, on the Kakhyen range ofhills, east of Bhamo, at an elevation of from 2000 to 3000 ft” (Myanmar).
Two subspecies are recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution.
C.q.quinquestriatusJ.Anderson,1871—extremeNEMyanmarandNWYunnan,China.
C. q. imarius Thomas, 1926 — Kachin State,
N Myanmar.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 200-222 mm,tail 180-210 mm; weight 258-315 g. Anderson’s Squirrel is a dramatically patterned squirrel. The venter has two whitestripes, separated by a mid-ventral black stripe and flanked by two other longitudinal black stripes. The grizzled dorsum is olive-brown to olive-yellow, with a rufous tint. Tail is like dorsum, but annulated with black and rufous, and hair has a black tip. Nominate subspecies quinquestriatus has shorter black stripes (with mid-ventral black stripe not extending to inguinal region, and lateral black stripes extending between forelimb and hindlimb) and longer white stripes extending to inguinal region. Subspecies imarius has longer black stripes and shorter white stripes on venter, with mid-ventral black stripe extending to scrotum;lateral lines extend onto limbs.
Habitat. Mountain forests, generally at elevations of ¢.1000 m, and less commonly at lower elevations.
Food and Feeding. Anderson’s Squirrel feeds on vegetation and insects.
Breeding. There is no specific information available for this species, but a pregnant female with one embryo was collected in March.
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Anderson’s Squirrel is diurnal.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. Anderson’s Squirrel lives singly or in small family groups. It builds nests of twigs on the outer branches of small trees.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Near Threatened on The IUCN Red List. Anderson’s Squirrel has a limited extent of occurrence, and the extent and quality ofits habitat are probably declining.
Bibliography. Lunde, Duckworth etal. (2008b), Smith & Yan Xie (2008), Thomas (1926¢), Thorington et al. (2012).
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