Wildlifeof Thailand
Pallas's Squirrel
Sciuridae
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Callosciurus erythraeus
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Range
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Pallas's squirrel is a tree squirrel in the family Sciuridae, also known as the red-bellied or Formosan squirrel. Specialist taxonomy places it in the genus Callosciurus and records it across Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Populations west and east of the Irrawaddy span different parts of this broad Asian range (Mammal Diversity Database). It is Nationally Near Threatened (Thailand Red Data 2025).
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- Where is the Pallas's Squirrel found?
- Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam