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Sciurids in this area according to Smith and Xie (2008) are:
- Aeretes melanopterus – not brown
- Pteromys volans – too dark. Besides it doesn't really look like a flying squirrel.
- Sciurus vulgaris – tail not bushy enough.
- Trogopterus xanthipes – it's not reddish
- Tamiops swinhoei – it's not striped
- Sciurotamias davidianus – dark stripe on cheek matches; not as dark as Sciurus vulgaris
- Spermophilus dauricus – it's not a ground squirrel
- Tamias sibiricus – it's not a chipmunk
In sum, I think this is probably Sciurotamias davidianus, Père David's rock squirrel. Ucucha (talk) 20:02, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
