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SPECIES Callosciurus phayrei
Author: | Blyth, 1856. | Citation: | J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 24: 472. | Common Name: | Phayre's Squirrel | Type Locality: | Burma, Martaban, "Sent from Moulmein" (Robinson and Kloss, 1918a:225). | Distribution: | Upper Irrawaddy River and Sittang River eastward to Salween River, S Burma. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Considered a distinct species by Moore and Tate (1965) instead of a subspecies of flavimanus. Closely allied to caniceps and pygerythrus (Corbet and Hill, 1992:289). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
blanfordii (Blyth, 1862) heinrichi Tate, 1954
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