Pallas's squirrel

Weight

280 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

16.5 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

17 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forest, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Gestation

47 days – 49 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

2 – 2.16src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

2src for Litters or clutches a year

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 pallas's 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 erythraeus (Pallas, 1779)

Synonyms Callosciurus caniceps canigenus, Callosciurus erythraeus kinneari, Callosciurus erythraeus nagarum, Herpestes leucurus, Macroxus punctatissimus, Sciurus atrodorsalis, Sciurus erythraeus, Sciurus griseopectus, Sciurus kemmisi, Sciurus tsingtanensis

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Prevost's squirrel

Callosciurus prevostii

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

LC, Least Concern

Grey-bellied squirrel

Callosciurus caniceps

Sciuridae

NT, Near Threatened

Ear-spot squirrel

Callosciurus adamsi

Sciuridae

ComparePallas's squirrel vs Prevost's squirrelPallas's squirrel vs Finlayson's squirrelPallas's squirrel vs Plantain squirrelPallas's squirrel vs Irrawaddy squirrel

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@misc{pallass_squirrel_2026,
  title = {Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pallass-squirrel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}