Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)

Thu, Aye Myat, Lwin, Ye Htet & Quan, Rui-Chang, 2024, Mammals of Myanmar: an annotated checklist, Mammalia (Warsaw, Poland) 88 (3), pp. 147-197 : 157

48. Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)

Common name: Pallas ’ s Squirrel

Myanmar name:

Distribution: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. In Myanmar, recorded in Kachin State (Proposed Imawbum NP; Nijman 2015), Sagaing Region (Proposed Mahamyaing WS; Thazin Wai et al. 2018), Tanintharyi Region (Lampi Marine NP; Bisi et al. 2019) and widely distributed throughout the country.

Remarks: Approximately 26 subspecies are generally recognized. Tun Yin (1993) listed several subspecies for Myanmar such as Naga squirrel C. e. nagarum, Kinnear ’ s squirrel C. e. kinneari and North Shan States Black-backed squirrel C. e. shanicus; however, there is no updated information to confirm these subspecies.