Species of Thailand
Black-striped squirrel
Callosciurus nigrovittatus
(Thomas Horsfield, 1824)
The black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
It is found throughout Java, Sumatra, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and numerous small islands. This taxon consists of four subspecies: C. n. nigrovittatus, C. n. bilimitatus, C. n. bocki, and C. n. klossi. It is listed as "least concern" by the IUCN.
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Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Callosciurus
- Species
- Callosciurus nigrovittatus
Subspecies
C. n. bilimitatus, Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr, 1903
Range: Peninsular Malaysia, Tanjong Laboha, Trengganu, East Malay Peninsula and Thailand peninsular, Tioman Island
C. n. bocki, Herbert Christopher Robinson & Robert Charles Wroughton, 1911
Range: Western Sumatra from Pajo, Padang Highlands (Indonesia)
C. n. klossi, Gerrit Smith Miller, Jr, 1900
Range: Riau Archipelago, Kaju Ara (Saddle Island), Tambelan Isls, E Sumatra (Indonesia)
C. n. nigrovittatus, Thomas Horsfield, 1824
Range: West Java, Java Barat (Indonesia)
Conservation status
Near Threatened (iucn3.1)
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