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Callosciurus finlaysonii (Finlayson's squirrel)

Synonyms: Sciurus finlaysonii (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Finlayson's squirrel or the variable squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii, sometimes misspelled C. finlaysoni) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. The subspecies C. f. floweri, which is adapted to urban parks and gardens around Bangkok has been introduced in the Serangoon area of Singapore. There are also two introduced populations in Italy, probably a result of the species' popularity in the pet trade; both are thought to be of subspecies C. f. bocourti; it is possible that some of the Callosciurus squirrels introduced into Japan are also Finlayson's squirrels.
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Infraspecies

Callosciurus finlaysonii albivexilli
Callosciurus finlaysonii annellatus
Callosciurus finlaysonii bocourti
Callosciurus finlaysonii boonsongi
Callosciurus finlaysonii cinnamomeus
Callosciurus finlaysonii ferrugineus
Callosciurus finlaysonii finlaysonii
Callosciurus finlaysonii folletti
Callosciurus finlaysonii frandseni
Callosciurus finlaysonii germaini
Callosciurus finlaysonii harmandi
Callosciurus finlaysonii menamicus
Callosciurus finlaysonii nox
Callosciurus finlaysonii sinistralis
Callosciurus finlaysonii trotteri
Callosciurus finlaysonii williamsoni

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
32
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 16.29
EDGE Score: 2.85
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Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [1]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  20 %
Diet - Plants [1]  30 %
Diet - Seeds [1]  20 %
Diet - Vertibrates [1]  10 %
Forages - Arboreal [1]  100 %
Litter Size [2]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  13 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  11 inches (28 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Indo-Burma Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam Yes

Prey / Diet

Ficus altissima (false banyan)[4]
Ficus benjamina (weeping fig)[4]
Ficus glaberrima[4]
Ficus subcordata[4]
Ficus superba (Sea Fig)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Medwayella thurmani[5]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4"Fig-eating by vertebrate frugivores: a global review", MIKE SHANAHAN, SAMSON SO, STEPHEN G. COMPTON and RICHARD CORLETT, Biol. Rev. (2001), 76, pp. 529–572
♦ 5International Flea Database
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0