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| Subspecies: | Unknown |
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| CITES Status: | NOT LISTED |
| IUCN Status: | Least Concern |
| U.S. ESA Status: | NOT LISTED |
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| Jumping Ability: | (Horizontal) |
| Life Span: | in the Wild |
| Life Span: | in Captivity |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Females) |
| Sexual Maturity: | (Males) |
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Habitat:
This is an arboreal species, found in many habitats including open woods, coconut plantations, and dense forest (Lekagul and McNeely 1988). It is very tolerant of degradation and fragmentation (Timmins and Duckworth 2008). Microgeographic overlap with Palla's Squirrel C. erythraeus seems to be extremely restricted in Lao PDR even though the two are widely sympatric there (Timmins and Duckworth 2008).
Range:
This species occurs only in central Indochina from central Myanmar southeast through much of Thailand, Lao PDR and Cambodia to the Mekong Delta of Viet Nam (Moore and Tate 1965, Corbet and Hill 1992, Oshida et al. 2001, Timmins and Duckworth 2008).
An apparently undescribed form of this species was found in the limestone mountains of central Lao PDR (Evans et al. 2000). A small introduced population exists in Singapore (B. Lee pers. comm.).
An apparently undescribed form of this species was found in the limestone mountains of central Lao PDR (Evans et al. 2000). A small introduced population exists in Singapore (B. Lee pers. comm.).
Conservation:
A major structured programme of collecting is required to clarify the complex taxonomy of this species in Lao PDR (Evans et al. 2000, Timmins and Duckworth 2008). There are many named and still unnamed forms in Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam, some of which have small ranges, and which might be under threat. It is possible that the species as here constituted comprises more than one species. Taxonomic clarification is presently the conservation priority for this species.