Himalayan striped squirrel

The Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii), also known as western striped squirrel, or Burmese striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It lives in a variety of forest from tropical to subtropical in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. This species is diurnal, arboreal and feeds on fruits, vegetable matter, and insects. It often seen in small groups and uses tree holes for shelter.[3][4]

Himalayan striped squirrel
From Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Tamiops
Species:
T. mcclellandii
Binomial name
Tamiops mcclellandii
(Horsfield, 1840)
Subspecies[2]
  • T. m. mcclellandii
  • T. m. barbei
  • T. m. collinus
  • T. m. inconstans
  • T. m. kongensis
  • T. m. leucotis

The rapid uplift of the Himalayan Mountains is believed to have caused the diversification of the three main Tamiops Lineages. Multiple divergences from 5.8 to 1.7 mya likely led to the formation of modern Tamiops species.[5]

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References
  1. Duckworth, J. W.; Lunde, D. & Molur, S. (2008). "Tamiops macclellandii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Tamiops mcclellandii". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
  3. Francis, Charles M. (2008). A Field Guide to the Mammals of South-East Asia. New Holland Publisher (UK) Ltd
  4. Thorington, R. W. Jr., Koprowski, J. L., Steele, M. A. and J. F. Whatton. (2012). Squirrels of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
  5. Chang, S.-W.; Oshida, T.; Endo, H.; Nguyen, S. T.; Dang, C. N.; Nguyen, D. X.; Jiang, X.; Li, Z.-J.; Lin, L.-K. (2011). "Ancient hybridization and underestimated species diversity in Asian striped squirrels (genus Tamiops ): inference from paternal, maternal and biparental markers: Multi-locus phylogeny of Asian striped squirrels". Journal of Zoology. 285 (2): 128–138. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00822.x.


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