Dremomys, the red-cheeked squirrels, is a genus of five living species found only in Asia, across Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Taiwan, and Malaysia, including the orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel. Placed in the subfamily Callosciurinae within the family Sciuridae, the genus has a fossil record running from the Early Pleistocene to the present, and every recognized species is currently listed as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bangladesh, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bhutan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Cambodia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: India, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Laos, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Malaysia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Myanmar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Nepal, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Taiwan, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Thailand, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
Sources
1. Dremomys (Wikipedia)
Introduction
Red-cheeked squirrels are species of squirrels in the genus Dremomys in the subfamily Callosciurinae.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
- present tense, six species listed as Least Concern by IUCN
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