Callosciurus quinquestriatus

The striped squirrel, also known as the five-striped squirrel, is an endangered species. The back of the body is olive brown-gray with obvious red, and the back is the darkest. The chin and throat are gray with a slight red; there is a dark stripe in the center of the ventral surface and on both outer sides, and the three dark stripes are separated by two white vertical stripes, so it is called the five-striped squirrel. The color of the tail hair is similar to that of the head and back of the body.

The five-striped squirrel is distributed in Yunnan and Myanmar. There are two known subspecies, both of which are distributed in China. The dark stripes in the center of the ventral surface of the nominate subspecies are reddish-black brown, extending from the chest through the abdomen to the anus. The outer longitudinal stripes are black. It is distributed in the Kaqien Mountain area at the junction of southwest Yunnan and Myanmar. The central longitudinal stripes on the ventral surface of the forest subspecies are narrow, mixed with gray, starting from the chest and ending at the abdomen. The outer longitudinal stripes are not very obvious. It is distributed in the watershed area between the Ruili River and the Nujiang River in western Yunnan.

Listed in the China Biodiversity Red List - Vertebrate Volume, with an assessment level of Near Threatened (NT)

Listed in the list of terrestrial wild animals that are beneficial or have important economic and scientific research value under national protection

In China, it is distributed in western Yunnan (Yingjiang, Longchuan, Ruili, Luxi, Longling) and northwestern Yunnan (Dulongjiang). Abroad, it is distributed in Myanmar.

It mainly lives in mountain forests at an altitude of about 1000m, and usually builds nests on the outer branches of trees.

The top of the head, the back of the neck and the back of the body are olive brown, with the darkest color in the middle of the back, gradually fading as it transitions to the sides of the body; the chin and throat are gray. The abdomen has three dark vertical stripes, the middle dark stripe is slightly wider than the two sides, and is separated by two white vertical stripes, hence the name striped-bellied squirrel. The color of the tail is similar to the back of the body, but lighter, with 3-5 black rings at the end of the tail and a black area at the end of the tail. The back of the foot is black, and the toes are darker than the back of the foot.