Swinhoe's striped squirrel

Swinhoe's striped squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamiops
Species:
T. swinhoei
Binomial name
Tamiops swinhoei
Subspecies[2]
  • T. s. swinhoei
  • T. s. olivaceus
  • T. s. spencei
  • T. s. vestitus

Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) is a small species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[3] This species is found mostly in China and Southeast Asia. Their diet consists of mostly seeds, fruits, nuts and ginger nectar. Like most squirrels they live in forest areas with mountains, usually in groups. They have litters that average in size of 3.25 offspring.[4]

  1. ^ Duckworth, J.W. (2017). "Tamiops swinhoei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T21382A22252396. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21382A22252396.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
  3. ^ "Tamiops swinhoei - Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel | eMammal". emammal.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  4. ^ Minton, Janet. "Tamiops swinhoei (Swinhoe's striped squirrel)". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2019-11-17.