Maritime striped squirrel | |
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at Mount Sanqing, Jiangxi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Tamiops |
Species: | T. maritimus
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Binomial name | |
Tamiops maritimus (
Bonhote, 1900)
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Subspecies [2] | |
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The maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus), also known as eastern striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, and Laos and Vietnam east of the Mekong River. [1] It is diurnal, highly arboreal and feeds on fruits, seeds, insects; in addition its diet includes nectar of ginger ( Alpinia kwangsiensis). [3]
Maritime striped squirrel | |
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at Mount Sanqing, Jiangxi | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Tamiops |
Species: | T. maritimus
|
Binomial name | |
Tamiops maritimus (
Bonhote, 1900)
| |
Subspecies [2] | |
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The maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus), also known as eastern striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, and Laos and Vietnam east of the Mekong River. [1] It is diurnal, highly arboreal and feeds on fruits, seeds, insects; in addition its diet includes nectar of ginger ( Alpinia kwangsiensis). [3]