Cambodian striped squirrel

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Cambodian striped squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamiops
Species:
T. rodolphii
Binomial name
Tamiops rodolphii
Subspecies[2]
  • T. r. rodolphii
  • T. r. elbeli

The Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in eastern Thailand, Cambodia, southern Laos, and southern Vietnam.[1]

Behavior

One of the Cambodian striped squirrel's more unusual behaviors is how it forages for food by searching across the vertical bark surfaces of trees. It is relatively uncommon across the squirrel family and especially so without abducted limb adaptations.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Duckworth, J.W. (2017). "Tamiops rodolphii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T21381A22252307. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21381A22252307.en. Retrieved 11 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. ^ Youlatos, Dionisios; Panyutina, Aleksandra A. (2014-06-01). "Habitual Bark Gleaning by Cambodian Striped Squirrels Tamiops rodolphii (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Cat Tien National Park, South Vietnam". Mammal Study. 39 (2): 73. doi:10.3106/041.039.0202. ISSN 1343-4152. S2CID 84915064.


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