Hoary-bellied Himalayan squirrel or The Irrawaddy squirrel

Scientific description

An arboreal rodent commonly found in most of the habitat in assam. Medium size squirrel with body length about 20 cm and tail length about 20am. Greyish brown in colour.

Systematic position

Kingdom:           Animalia

   Phylum:              Chordata

      Class:                    Mammalia

          Order:                  Rodentia

              Family:                 Sciuridae

                  Genus:                  Callosciurus

                      Species:                C. pygerythrus