Père David's rock squirrel

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Père David's rock squirrel

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sciurotamias
Species:	S. davidianus
Binomial name
*Sciurotamias davidianus* (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)

The Père David's rock squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel,^[2] is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central parts of the country.^[1] This largely terrestrial squirrel is overall dull olive-grey with paler underparts, a distinct pale eye-ring and a dark patch on the cheeks. It has sometimes been confused with the rather different –but in colour very variable– Pallas's squirrel; an introduced population in Belgium was first mistakenly identified as Père David's rock squirrel.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Sciurotamias davidianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
^ Callahan, J. R.; Davis, R. (1982). "Reproductive Tract and Evolutionary Relationships of the Chinese Rock Squirrel, Sciurotamias davidianus". Journal of Mammalogy. 63 (1): 42–47. doi:10.2307/1380669. JSTOR 1380669.
^ Stuyck, Baert, Breyne & Adriaens (2010). Invasion history and control of a Pallas squirrel Callosciurus erythraeus population in Dadizele, Belgium. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Sciuromorpha Family: Sciuridae Subfamily: Xerinae
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Taxon identifiers
Sciurotamias davidianus	Wikidata: Q1766970 Wikispecies: Sciurotamias davidianus BOLD: 914873 EoL: 326305 GBIF: 2437229 iNaturalist: 46077 IRMNG: 11174267 ITIS: 632418 IUCN: 19998 MDD: 1001768 MSW: 12400974 NCBI: 226849 Open Tree of Life: 902084

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