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Red-cheeked squirrels (genus ''Dremomys'') form a taxon under the subfamily Callosciurinae. The six species found only in Asia are listed as "Least Concern" by the IUCN. *The Asian red-cheeked squirrel (''Dremomys rufigenis'') is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.〔Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder, ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference'', Vol. 12 (2005), p. 780〕 *The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (''Dremomys everetti''), found in Indonesia and Malaysia, is named after British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett. *The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (''Dremomys lokriah'') is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Bhutan. * Perny's long-nosed squirrel (''Dremomys pernyi'') is found in China, India, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam. *The red-hipped squirrel (''Dremomys pyrrhomerus'') is found in China and Vietnam. *The red-throated squirrel (''Dremomys gularis'') is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China.〔 It is sympatric with another member of the same genus, ''D. rufigenis'', but lives at higher attitudes〔 - in the case of the type specimen.〔 ==References== *Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Red-cheeked squirrel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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