Finlayson's Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Finlayson's Squirrel


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Callosciurus"
species = "C. finlaysonii"
binomial = "Callosciurus finlaysonii"
binomial_authority = (Horsfield, 1823)
synonyms = The Finlayson's Squirrel or Variable Squirrel ("Callosciurus finlaysonii", sometimes spelt "C. finlaysoni") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The subspecies "C. f. floweri", which is adapted to urban parks and gardens around Bangkok has been introduced in the Serangoon area of Singapore.Its colour is variable, and around 17 subspecies have been identified.

References

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/3596/all Callosciurus finlaysonii] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 29 July 2007.
*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.
* [http://www.wildsingapore.per.sg/discovery/factsheet/squirrelvariable.htm Wildlife Singapore Photos and description]
* [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/variable-squirrel.htm Ecology Asia Photos and description]