Maritime Striped Squirrel
Tamiops maritimus (Bonhote, 1900)
Also calledKüsten-Zwergstreifenhörnchen (deu) · Küstenstreifenhörnchen (deu) · kiinanviiruorava (fin) · smugowiec nadmorski (pol) · veverka přímořská (ces) · Østligt stribet egern (dan) · écureuil maritime (fra) · Ανατολικός Γραμμωτός Σκίουρος (ell) · Равнинная полосатая белка (rus) · タイワンホオジロシマリス (jpn) · 條紋松鼠 (zho) · 대만줄무늬다람쥐 (kor) · 동부줄무늬다람쥐 (kor)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.5 p.51
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
activity
Activity patterns. The Maritime Striped Squirrel is arboreal, using the canopy and understory of the forest, but descends occasionally to the herbaceous level to feed on nectar of ginger flowers. Its vocalization is described as a cluck or a short chirrup.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Broadleaved evergreen forests and mixed mesophytic forests. In Continental areas, the Maritime Striped Squirrel occurs at low elevations, but in Taiwan it occurs at elevations of ¢. 2000 - 3000 m.
Sciuridae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Sciuridae
breeding
Breeding. Female Maritime Striped Squirrels have three pairs of teats, one pectoral and two inguinal. Average litter size is about three young.
Sciuridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437264.