| Red-throated squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Dremomys |
| Species: | D. gularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dremomys gularis | |
The red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae. This species of rodent is distributed in parts of southeastern Asia, in areas of the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam and southern central Yunnan in China.1 The red-throated squirrel is sympatric with another member of the same genus, D. rufigenis, but lives at higher altitudes2 (2,500 to 3,000 m (8,200 to 9,800 ft) in the case of the type specimen1).
References
References
- Laginha Pinto Correia, D. (2019). "Dremomys gularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019 e.T136313A22255420. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136313A22255420.en. Retrieved 6 October 2025.
- Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). "Dremomys gularis". Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.