Callosciurus quinquestriatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	SCIURIDAE

Scientific Name:

Callosciurus quinquestriatus

Species Authority:

(Anderson, 1871)

Common Name/s:

English

–

Anderson's Squirrel

Taxonomic Notes:

Included in C. erythraeus by Moore and Tate (1965), but this distinctly marked species with a very limited range is sympatric with the more widely distributed C. erythraeus in west Yunnan (Corbet and Hill 1992).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Near Threatened ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Lunde, D., Duckworth, J.W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R.J.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
Listed as Near Threatened because its extent of occurrence is probably not much greater than 20,000 km², and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably declining, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable under criterion B1.

History:

1996

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Vulnerable

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in a small part of north eastern Myanmar and adjacent western Yunnan (Smith et al. 2008).
Countries:	Native: China; Myanmar
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Population [top]

Population:	The abundance and population size of this species are not known.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs primarily in mountain forests above about 1,000 m, but can also be found in the lowlands. It lives alone or in small family groups. Nests are built of twigs, and placed on the outer branches of small trees. The diet consists of vegetation and a fair proportion of insects.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species are not known.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	Further studies are needed into the distribution and abundance in Myanmar and adjacent Yunnan.

Conservation Actions:

Further studies are needed into the distribution and abundance in Myanmar and adjacent Yunnan.

Bibliography [top]

	Corbet, G. B. and Hill, J. E. 1992. Mammals of the Indo-Malayan Region: A Systematic Review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. Moore, J. C. and Tate, G. H. H. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indo-Chinese subregions. Fieldiana Zoologica 48: 1-351. Smith, A. T., Yan Xie, Hoffman, R., Lunde, D., MacKinnon, J., Wilson, D. E. and Wozencraft, W. C. 2008. A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Corbet, G. B. and Hill, J. E. 1992. Mammals of the Indo-Malayan Region: A Systematic Review. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Moore, J. C. and Tate, G. H. H. 1965. A study of the diurnal squirrels, Sciurinae, of the Indian and Indo-Chinese subregions. Fieldiana Zoologica 48: 1-351.

Smith, A. T., Yan Xie, Hoffman, R., Lunde, D., MacKinnon, J., Wilson, D. E. and Wozencraft, W. C. 2008. A Guide to the Mammals of China. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Citation:	Lunde, D., Duckworth, J.W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R.J. 2008. Callosciurus quinquestriatus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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