Callosciurus finlaysonii: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Sciuridae
- Genus
- Callosciurus
- Species
- Callosciurus finlaysonii
- Scientific Name
- Callosciurus finlaysonii
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Finlayson's squirrel
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 species occurs in a wide range of wooded habitats, including gardens and parks in cities like Bangkok. It was named in honour of the Scottish naturalist and traveller George Finlayson.
It has numerous subspecies that vary greatly in appearance. One of these, C. f. bocourti (syn. C. f. floweri), has been introduced to Singapore and two regions in Italy, probably a result of the species' popularity in the pet trade. It is possible that some of the Callosciurus squirrels introduced into Japan are also Finlayson's squirrels.
Finlayson's squirrel has also been introduced in the Philippines, particularly in the Greater Manila area where it is considered an invasive species.
...Callosciurus finlaysonii in languages:
- Catalan
- Esquirol de Finlayson
- Chinese
- 白背松鼠
- Czech
- veverka Finlaysonova
- Dutch
- Finlaysoneekhoorn
- Dutch
- Thaise eekhoorn
- Dutch
- finlaysonklappereekhoorn
- English
- Finlayson's Squirrel
- English
- Variable Squirrel
- Finnish
- thaimaanorava
- French
- Écureuil de Finlayson
- German
- Finlayson-Hörnchen
- German
- Finlaysonhörnchen
- German
- Finlaysonschönhörnchen
- Italian
- Scoiattolo variabile
- Japanese
- フィンレイソンリス
- Modern Greek
- Σκίουρος του Finlayson
- Polish
- wiewiórczak zmienny
- Portuguese
- Esquilo-de-finlayson
- Russian
- Белка Финлайсона
- Thai
- กระรอกหลากสี
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Callosciurus adamsi
- Callosciurus baluensis
- Callosciurus caniceps
- Callosciurus erythraeus
- Callosciurus finlaysonii
- Callosciurus honkhoaiensis
- Callosciurus inornatus
- Callosciurus melanogaster
- Callosciurus nigrovittatus
- Callosciurus notatus
- Callosciurus orestes
- Callosciurus phayrei
- Callosciurus prevostii
- Callosciurus pygerythrus
- Callosciurus quinquestriatus
Child Taxa
- 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































































































































































