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
Menetes berdmorei
(Blyth 1849)
[Sciurus] berdmorei
Blyth 1849
,
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 18 (30): 603
.
Type Locality:
"Thougyeen district" [Tenasserim,
Burma
].
Vernacular Names:
Indochinese Ground Squirrel
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
berdmorei
Blyth 1849
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
consularis
Thomas 1914
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
decoratus
Thomas 1914
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
moerescens
Thomas 1914
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
mouhotei
Gray 1861
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
peninsularis
Kloss 1919
Subspecies
Menetes berdmorei
subsp.
pyrrocephalus
Milne-Edwards 1867
Distribution:
S
Vietnam
,
Cambodia
, S
Laos
,
Thailand
, S
Yunnan
(
China
) to C
Burma
.
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
For taxonomic history, see
Moore and Tate (1965:294)
. Chromosomes described by
Nadler and Hoffmann (1970)
.
Corbet and Hill (1992)
opined "Although there is considerable geographic variation...it is unlikely that discrete subspecies can be recognized.".