Sciuridae
Prevost's Squirrel
Callosciurus prevostii (Desmarest, 1822)
Callosciurus prevostii, or Prevost's squirrel, is a colourful Southeast Asian forest squirrel not considered globally threatened.
Indochinese Ground Squirrel
Menetes berdmorei (Blyth, 1849)
Menetes berdmorei, Berdmore's ground squirrel, is a Southeast Asian ground squirrel not closely related to Marmotini ground squirrels.
Bornean Mountain Ground Squirrel
Sundasciurus everetti (Thomas, 1890) Bornean
The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti) is a sciurid rodent found in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Lowland Slender Squirrel
Sundasciurus tenuis (Horsfield, 1824)
Sundasciurus tenuis, the slender squirrel, is an arboreal rodent found in Southeast Asia that eats soft bark, fruits and insects.
Low's Squirrel
Sundasciurus lowii (Thomas, 1892)
Low's squirrel is a Sciuridae rodent found on Borneo and nearby islets, with two former subspecies now classed as full species.
Jentink's Squirrel
Sundasciurus jentinki (Thomas, 1887)
Jentink's squirrel is a Sciuridae rodent found in Indonesia and Malaysia, threatened by habitat loss.
Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel
Tamiops swinhoei (Milne-Edwards, 1874)
Swinhoe's striped squirrel is a small Asian sciurid rodent that lives in mountain forests and feeds on seeds, fruits and more.
Maritime Striped Squirrel
Tamiops maritimus (Bonhote, 1900)
Tamiops maritimus, the maritime or eastern striped squirrel, is a diurnal arboreal sciurine rodent found in East and Southeast Asia.
Cambodian Striped Squirrel
Tamiops rodolphii (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Tamiops rodolphii, the Cambodian striped squirrel, is an endothermic symmetric squirrel that lives in tropical Asian habitats.
Himalayan Striped Squirrel
Tamiops mcclellandii (Horsfield, 1840)
Tamiops mcclellandii, the Himalayan striped squirrel, is an Asian diurnal arboreal rodent in the Sciuridae family.
Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel
Dremomys pernyi (Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi) is a sciurid rodent found across several East and Southeast Asian regions.
Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel
Dremomys lokriah (Hodgson, 1836)
The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) is a Sciuridae rodent found across six South and East Asian countries.
Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel
Dremomys rufigenis (Blanford, 1878)
The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis) is a sciuridae rodent found in southeastern Asia.
Tufted Pygmy Squirrel
Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887)
Exilisciurus whiteheadi, the tufted pygmy squirrel, is an omnivorous Borneo-endemic rodent with distinctive ear-tufts.
Least Pygmy Squirrel
Exilisciurus exilis (Müller, 1838)
The least pygmy squirrel is one of the world’s smallest squirrel species, endemic to forests on three Southeast Asian islands.
Three-striped Ground Squirrel
Lariscus insignis (F.Cuvier, 1821)
Lariscus insignis, the three-striped ground squirrel, is a Sciuridae rodent found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Five-striped Palm Squirrel
Funambulus pennantii Wroughton, 1905
The northern palm squirrel is a common adaptable rodent native to South Asia and West Asia, introduced elsewhere, rated least concern by IUCN.
Jungle Palm Squirrel
Funambulus tristriatus (Waterhouse, 1837)
Funambulus tristriatus is an Indian endemic squirrel species considered a pest of several common cultivated plants.
Three-striped Palm Squirrel
Funambulus palmarum (Linnaeus, 1766)
Funambulus palmarum, the palm squirrel, is a striped small squirrel with detailed documented life history traits.
Nilgiri Palm Squirrel
Funambulus sublineatus obscurus (Pelzeln & Kohl, 1886)
The Nilgiri striped squirrel is a small threatened endemic rodent of India’s Western Ghats rainforests.
Indian Giant Squirrel
Ratufa indica (Erxleben, 1777)
Ratufa indica, the Indian giant squirrel, is a large tree squirrel endemic to India.
Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel
Ratufa macroura (Pennant, 1769)
Ratufa macroura is the smallest giant squirrel of the Indian subcontinent, with distinct subspecies and known populations in southern India.
Pale Giant Squirrel
Ratufa affinis (Raffles, 1821)
The cream-coloured giant squirrel (Ratufa affinis) is a large squirrel native to parts of Southeast Asia that lives mainly in forest upper canopies.
Black Giant Squirrel
Ratufa bicolor (Sparrman, 1778)
Ratufa bicolor, the black giant squirrel, is one of the world's largest squirrels found across South and Southeast Asian forests.
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