Maritime striped squirrel

Maritime striped squirrel
	at Mount Sanqing, Jiangxi
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Tamiops
Species:	T. maritimus
Binomial name
	Tamiops maritimus; (Bonhote, 1900)
Subspecies
	T. m. maritimus; T. m. hainanus; T. m. moi; T. m. monticolus;

The maritime striped squirrel or eastern striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, and Laos and Vietnam east of Mekong. It is diurnal, highly arboreal and feeds on fruits, seeds, insects; in addition its diet includes nectar of ginger (Alpinia kwangsiensis).

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