Red-cheeked squirrel

The Rotwangenhörnchen ( Dremomys ) are a common in East and Southeast Asia generic croissants. They are inhabitants of tropical rainforests and temperate deciduous forests. Most commonly they are found in high altitudes of up to 3400 m. In the forests they inhabit the soil and the lower regions of the trees. Here they look for nuts, fruits and incidentally also insects.

The coat color of squirrels is inconspicuous gray-brown, sometimes with an olive or reddish hue. The underside is whitish or yellowish. The name derives from are slightly lighter spots on the sides of the head, which may be brown, but often stand out so little that they are hardly recognizable. The body length is 20 cm, the tail is 15 cm long. The most striking thing about these animals are the penetrating and loud calls that are widely heard in the forest.

There are five different types:

• Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel, Dremomys lokriah ( Hodgson 1836), eastern Himalayas
• Perny - nosed Squirrel, Dremomys pernyi ( Milne Edwards 1867), central and southern China, northern Myanmar, northern Vietnam
• Genuine Rotwangenhörnchen, Dremomys rufigenis ( Blanford 1878), Central and South China, Southeast Asia
• Dremomys gularis Osgood 1932, Yunnan, northern Vietnam
• Borneo Mountain Squirrel, Dremomys everetti ( Thomas 1890), Borneo

Wilson and Reeder also mention five ways, but in derogation of them see Dremomys gularis as a subspecies of Real Rotwangenhörnchens, and call for additional Dremomys pyrrhomerus that is assigned in the above system rufigenis.