Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2 754 818 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 Dremomys pyrrhomerus (Thomas 1895) [Dremomys] pyrrhomerus ( Thomas 1895 ) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 16: 242 . Type Locality: "Ichang, Yang-tse-kiang [river] [Hupei, China ]." . Vernacular Names: Red-hipped Squirrel . Subspecies: : Subspecies Dremomys pyrrhomerus subsp. pyrrhomerus Thomas 1895 Subspecies Dremomys pyrrhomerus subsp. riudonensis J. A. Allen 1906 Distribution: C and S China , extreme N Vietnam , Hainan Isl ( China ). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Moore and Tate (1965) treated pyrrhomerus as a species separate from rufigenis based on evidence of geographic parapatry, and relative rostral length. Corbet and Hill (1992) listed gularis as a separate species, but considered other forms of pyrrhomerus to be conspecific with rufigenis , whereas Zhang et al. (1997) followed Moore and Tate (op. cit.), providing additional Chinese locality records showing sympatry of the two taxa at 10 localities in Yunnan , 3 in Guangxi , and one each in Hunan and Anhui provinces.