Grey-bellied squirrel

Weight

257 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

7.75 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

13.7 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Young per litter or clutch

2.2src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

By day (diurnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The grey-bellied squirrel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familySciuridae
6. genusCallosciurus
7. SpeciesCallosciurus caniceps (Gray, 1842)

Synonyms Callosciurus epomophorus mapravis, Callosciurus epomophorus nakanus, Callosciurus epomophorus panjius, Sciurus caniceps, Sciurus caniceps helvus, Sciurus chrysonotus, Sciurus concolor samuiensis, Sciurus davisoni, Sciurus epomophorus, Sciurus epomophorus inexpectatus, Sciurus epomophorus milleri, Sciurus helgei

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Prevost's squirrel

Callosciurus prevostii

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Pallas's squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Finlayson's squirrel

Callosciurus finlaysonii

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Plantain squirrel

Callosciurus notatus

Sciuridae

LC, Least Concern

Irrawaddy squirrel

Callosciurus pygerythrus

Sciuridae

NT, Near Threatened

Ear-spot squirrel

Callosciurus adamsi

Sciuridae

CompareGrey-bellied squirrel vs Prevost's squirrelGrey-bellied squirrel vs Pallas's squirrelGrey-bellied squirrel vs Finlayson's squirrelGrey-bellied squirrel vs Plantain squirrel

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@misc{grey_bellied_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/grey-bellied-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}