Asiatic striped squirrel
Temporal range: Late Pliocene to recent
Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Genus: Tamiops
Allen, 1906
Tamiops mcclellandii
Tamiops maritimus
Tamiops rodolphii
Tamiops swinhoei
Asiatic striped squirrels are a genus (Tamiops) of squirrels (Sciuridae) in the subfamily Callosciurinae. They are small striped arboreal squirrels from Asia. Their head to body length measured from 10 to 13 cm. They often are confused with other squirrels (e.f. Funambulus or Tamias). In contrast to these other squirrels, they have smaller rounded ears with white-tipped hairs. A black longitudinal stripe is present in the middle of the back, which is parallel on both sides with two pairs of pale longitudinal stripes. These pale stripes are separated by dark brownish stripes.[1] In some countries, they are kept as pets.
The four species of Asiatic striped squirrels are:
Himalayan striped squirrel, T. mcclellandii
Maritime striped squirrel, T. maritimus
Cambodian striped squirrel, T. rodolphii
Swinhoe's striped squirrel, T. swinhoei
Asiatic striped squirrels can be identified by the differences in the stripe pattern. For example, in some species, the stripe of the cheek interrupts in the shoulder region and does not continue to the outermost pale stripe.[1]
Drawings of differences in Asiatic striped squirrel species - close-up of the head region in lateral view
^ a b Thorington, R. W. Jr., Koprowski, J. L., Steele, M. A. and J. F. Whatton. 2012. Squirrels of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Suborder: Sciuromorpha
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)
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)
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)
Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus)
Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus)
Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii)
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)
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)
Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)
Tamiops
(Asiatic striped squirrels)
Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus)
Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii)
Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)
Funambulus
Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi)
Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus)
Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus)
Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus)
Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)
Wikidata: Q811634
Wikispecies: Tamiops
EoL: 111047
Fossilworks: 92512
iNaturalist: 46164
IRMNG: 1292948
ITIS: 632308
MSW: 12400675
NCBI: 226576
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Taxa named by Joel Asaph Allen
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