MAMMALS --- YUNNAN EXPEDITIONS, PLATE-XX.
SCIURUS SLADENI, ANDR. male.

Sciurus gordoni = Callosciurus erythraeus sladeni
Date 1878
Source John Anderson (1878) Anatomical and Zoological Researches: comprising an account of the Zoological results of the two expeditions to Western Yunnan in 1868 and 1875. Bernard Quaritch, London.
Author John Gerrard Keulemans (1842–1912)

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*** Sciurus sladeni = Callosciurus erythraeus sladeni (Pallas’s squirrel)
Pallas's squirrel or red-bellied tree squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) is a species of squirrel native to Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia. It is a medium-sized tree squirrel, with a head-body length of 16 to 28 cm, and a tail 11 to 26 cm in length. Both sexes are of similar size and appearance, and weigh between 310 and 460 g. The color of the pelt varies considerably between the many different subspecies, but is generally brownish on the upper body with a more reddish tint on the belly, and often with some black on the tail. Populations have been introduced in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, Dadizele in Belgium, the Netherlands, Cap d’Antibes in France, and Japan. In these regions, it is considered an invasive species, as it can cause considerable damage to trees and may outcompete native wildlife such as the red squirrel. The GBIF record shows the subspecies Callosciurus erythraeus sladeni is found in Myanmar.

Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species: Callosciurus erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)
Synonyms
- Callosciurus flavimanus
- Callosciurus sladeni