{{short description|Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Asia}} {{Speciesbox | image = Callosciurus caniceps caniceps - Kaeng Krachan.jpg | image2 = Grey-bellied Squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps) (8681224096).jpg | image2_caption = Two variants:<br /> Above—from Kaeng Krachan, Thailand<br /> Below—from Taman Negara, Malaysia | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Duckworth, J.W. |date=2016 |title=''Callosciurus caniceps'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T3594A22254694 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3594A22254694.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Callosciurus | species = caniceps | authority = (J. E. Gray, 1842) | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision_ref = <ref name="Thorington">{{cite book|last1=Thorington|first1=R.W. Jr.|last2=Hoffmann|first2=R.S.|year=2005|chapter=Family Sciuridae: Callosciurus caniceps|editor1-last=Wilson|editor1-first=D.E.|editor2-last=Reeder|editor2-first=D.M|url=http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3|chapter-url=https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400450|title=Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference|edition=3rd|publisher=The Johns Hopkins University Press|isbn=0-8018-8221-4|oclc=26158608}}</ref> | subdivision = * ''C. c. caniceps'' * ''C. c. adangensis'' * ''C. c. bimaculatus'' * ''C. c. casensis'' * ''C. c. concolor'' * ''C. c. domelicus'' | synonyms = | range_map = Range Callosciurus caniceps.png }}
The '''grey-bellied squirrel''' ('''''Callosciurus caniceps''''') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in forests, plantations and gardens in Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand, southern Myanmar, southern China (Yunnan) and possibly western Laos.<ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021" /> It has been introduced in the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. As suggested by its name, its belly is usually grey, though sometimes reddish on the sides. Depending on subspecies and season, the upperparts are grey, yellowish-olive or reddish.<ref name=Francis2008>Francis, C.M. (2008). A Guide to the Mammals of Southeast Asia. Pp. 142–143, 334. Princeton University Press. {{isbn|978-0-691-13551-9}}</ref>
== Weight ==
Rudd (1965) gave the weights of 2 adult males trapped in Malaysia as follow : 247.7 and 251.5 g.<ref name="Rudd1965">{{cite journal |last1=Rudd |first1=R. L. |title=Weight and Growth in Malaysian Rain Forest Mammals |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |date=30 November 1965 |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=588–594 |doi=10.2307/1377929 |jstor=1377929 |pmid=5838225 |doi-access=free }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/grey-bellied_squirrel.htm Ecology Asia page with photos and description].
==External links== * [http://siamensis.org/content/2389 Photo gallery showing some of the variations of the grey-bellied squirrel.]
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Category:Callosciurus Category:Rodents of Malaysia Category:Rodents of Thailand Category:Rodents of Myanmar Category:Rodents of China Category:Mammals of Laos Category:Mammals described in 1842 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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