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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database

General Information
 
Callosciurus erythraeus
Pallas's Squirrel
 
Animal Group: Mammal
哺乳類
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Other Name(s): Red-bellied Squirrel
Description: An introduced squirrel; the pelage is brown above, and red to orange below, but paler underparts for the styani subspecies; the muzzle is short; eyes are large and protruded; the tail is long and bushy, and presence of black spot at the end for the styani subspecies; strong claws are present on the fingers and toes.
Conservation Status
Statutory Protection in Hong Kong
  • Listed in Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170)
AFCD Assessment
  • Common
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Status
  • Least Concern
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
  • Fairly widely distributed, with the styani subspecies found in the New Territories (e.g. Tai Lam, Shing Mun and Tai Po Kau), and the thai subspecies found on the Hong Kong Island (e.g. Tai Tam and Pok Fu Lam).
Global Distribution
  • India, Burma, Southeast China, Taiwan, Thailand, Malay Peninsular, and Indochina.
Photo Gallery
References
  • Nowak,R.M. 1991. Walkers' Mammals of the World. 5th ed. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland.
  • Shek, C. T. 2006. A field guide to the terrestrial mammals of Hong Kong. Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Book Ltd.