Biology:Maritime striped squirrel
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Short description: Species of rodent
| Maritime striped squirrel | |
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| at Mount Sanqing, Jiangxi | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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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The maritime striped squirrel or eastern striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) 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 Mekong.[1] It is diurnal, highly arboreal and feeds on fruits, seeds, insects; in addition its diet includes nectar of ginger (Alpinia kwangsiensis).[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Duckworth, J.W. (2017). "Tamiops maritimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T21380A22252211. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T21380A22252211.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21380/22252211. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Tamiops maritimus". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400683.
- ↑ Thorington, R. W. Jr., Koprowski, J. L., Steele, M. A. and J. F. Whatton. (2012). Squirrels of the World. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
Wikidata ☰ Q949120 entry
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