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Beautiful Squirrels
Callosciurus
Callosciurus is a genus of squirrels collectively referred to as the "beautiful squirrels". They are found mainly in Southeast Asia, though a few species also occur in Nepal, northeastern India, Bangladesh and southern China. Several of the species have settled on islands. In total, the genus contains 15 species and numerous varieties and subspecies. The genera Glyphotes, Rubrisciurus, and Tamiops have sometimes been included in Callosciurus.
16 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 16 known species
Pallas' Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus erythraeus
Plantain Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus notatus
Variable Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus finlaysonii
Prevost's Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus prevostii
Northern Gray-bellied Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus caniceps
Irrawaddy Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus pygerythrus
Southern Gray-bellied Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus concolor
Black-striped Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus nigrovittatus
Borneo Black-banded Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus orestes
Ear-spot Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus adamsi
Inornate Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus inornatus
Kinabalu Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus baluensis
Stripe-bellied Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus quinquestriatus
Phayre's Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus phayrei
Mentawai Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus melanogaster
Hon Khoai Squirrel
speciesCallosciurus honkhoaiensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45940.