Grey-bellied squirrel

The grey-bellied squirrel, Callosciurus caniceps, is a tree squirrel in the family Sciuridae that lives in forests, plantations and gardens of Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, southern Myanmar and southern China, where it occurs in Yunnan, and possibly western Laos. As its name suggests the belly is usually grey, though it is sometimes reddish on the sides, and the upperparts range from grey to yellowish-olive or reddish depending on the subspecies and the season. Two adult males trapped in Malaysia in the 1960s weighed about 248 and 252 grams. The species has also been introduced to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, where it lives outside its natural range.