Red-hipped squirrel

The red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in both China and Vietnam.

Red-hipped squirrel
In Hunan, China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Dremomys
Species:
D. pyrrhomerus
Binomial name
Dremomys pyrrhomerus
(Thomas, 1895)

References

  1. Smith, A. T. & Johnston, C. H. (2008). "Dremomys pyrrhomerus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. 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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