Berdmore's ground squirrel

{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{Speciesbox | image = Menetes berdmorei imported from iNaturalist photo 54707112 on 1 December 2019.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=Duckworth, J.W. |year=2016 |errata=2017 |title=''Menetes berdmorei'' |volume=2016 |article-number=e.T13144A115109552 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13144A22269758.en |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> | display_parents = 2 | genus = Menetes | parent_authority = Thomas, 1908 | species = berdmorei | authority = (Blyth, 1849) | synonyms = ''Sciurus berdmorei'' <small>Blyth, 1849</small> | range_map = Range_Menetes_berdmorei.png }}

'''Berdmore's ground squirrel''', '''Indochinese ground squirrel''', or '''Berdmore's squirrel''' ('''''Menetes berdmorei''''') is a ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia, from the east of Myanmar and Yunnan (southern China) to Vietnam and Cambodia.<ref name=IUCN/>

The squirrel has a grey-brown back and a white belly. Most striking are stripes on the side - on each side one beige and below a black stripe. The head is pointy, so this squirrel resembles a mouse or a treeshrew. Its length is {{convert|20|cm|abbr=on}}, not including the {{convert|15|cm|abbr=on}} long tail.{{cn|date=October 2022}}

As a ground squirrel, it is rarely found on trees, but spends most of the time in the thick underwoods of the rainforests. However, it is also found in fields or villages, especially in rice fields it is sometimes omnipresent.{{cn|date=October 2022}} Despite it being quite common only very little is known about the life of this squirrel. Despite its name, it is not a close relative of the ground squirrels of the tribe Marmotini

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Category:Callosciurinae Category:Rodents of Southeast Asia Category:Rodents of China Category:Mammals described in 1849 Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth