Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel

Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel
From Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve in West Sikkim, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Dremomys
Species: D. lokriah
Binomial name
Dremomys lokriah
(Hodgson, 1836)

The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan.

Orange bellied Himalayan Squirrel at Gangtok, Sikkim, India

References

  1. Molur, S. (2008). "Dremomys lokriah". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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