Red-throated squirrel

Species of rodent

Red-throated squirrel
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Dremomys
Species:
D. gularis
Binomial name
Dremomys gularis
Osgood, 1932[2]

The red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae. This species of rodent is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China.[1] The red-throated squirrel is sympatric with another member of the same genus, D. rufigenis, but lives at higher attitudes[2] (2500 to 3000 m in the case of the type specimen[1]).

References

  1. ^ a b c Lunde, D. (2019). "Dremomys gularis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T136313A4273170. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136313A4273170.en. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005), Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.), Johns Hopkins University Press, retrieved 15 August 2009
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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Callosciurus
  • Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi)
  • Kloss's squirrel (Callosciurus albescens)
  • Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis)
  • Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)
  • Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)
  • Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii)
  • Hon Khoai squirrel (Callosciurus honkhoaiensis)
  • Inornate squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus)
  • Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster)
  • Black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus)
  • Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
  • Borneo black-banded squirrel (Callosciurus orestes)
  • Phayre's squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei)
  • Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
  • Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus)
  • Anderson's squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)
Dremomys
(Red-cheeked squirrels)
  • Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti)
  • Red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis)
  • Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah)
  • Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi)
  • Red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus)
  • Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)
Exilisciurus
  • Philippine pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus)
  • Least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis)
  • Tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)
Funambulus
  • Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi)
  • Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus)
  • Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
  • Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus)
  • Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus)
  • Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
Glyphotes
  • Sculptor squirrel (Glyphotes simus)
Hyosciurus
  • Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi)
  • Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)
Lariscus
(striped ground squirrels)
  • Four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei)
  • Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis)
  • Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe)
  • Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus)
Menetes
  • Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei)
Nannosciurus
  • Black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis)
Prosciurillus
  • Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
  • Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni)
  • Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus)
  • Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus)
  • Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii)
  • Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus topapuensis)
  • Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)
Rhinosciurus
  • Shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus)
Rubrisciurus
  • Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)
Sundasciurus
  • Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis)
  • Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti)
  • Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus)
  • Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus)
  • Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis)
  • Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi)
  • Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis)
  • Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
  • Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
  • Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii)
  • Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei)
  • Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus)
  • Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
  • Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii)
  • Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis)
  • Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni)
  • Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan)
  • Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
  • Subgenus incertae sedis:
  • Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)
Tamiops
(Asiatic striped squirrels)
  • Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
  • Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus)
  • Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii)
  • Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Dremomys gularis


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