#0092 · 🦊 mammals

Pallas' Squirrel

🇳🇱 Pallas' eekhoorn ·Callosciurus erythraeus

LCleast concern 🦊 Mammals 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Arnold Wijker · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © belyykit · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © rhinolin · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Carolus Kwok · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Vijay Anand Ismavel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Euge · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © pabloinsua · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © pabloinsua · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Paul Dickson · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © pabloinsua · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pallas's squirrel ( Callosciurus erythraeus ), also known as the red-bellied tree squirrel , is a species of squirrel native to Greater China, India, and Southeast Asia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,657iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
14,657 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1779 (247 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.