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title: "Ardilla terrestre de Berdmore"
description: "Menetes berdmorei — Mamíferos. Berdmore's ground squirrel, Indochinese ground squirrel, or Berdmore's squirrel (Menetes berdmorei) is a ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia, from the east of Myanmar and Yunnan (southern China) to Vietnam and Cambodia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/indochinese-ground-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ardilla terrestre de Berdmore

> Menetes berdmorei — Mamíferos. Berdmore's ground squirrel, Indochinese ground squirrel, or Berdmore's squirrel (Menetes berdmorei) is a ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia, from the east of Myanmar and Yunnan (southern China) to Vietnam and Cambodia.

- Scientific name: *Menetes berdmorei*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bosque)
- iNaturalist observations: 734
- Wikidata: [Q818872](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q818872)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46104](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46104)

## Names

- en: Indochinese Ground Squirrel
- de: Berdmore-Palmenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla terrestre de Berdmore
- fr: Ecureuil des palmiers

## Countries with the most observations

TH (352), VN (212), KH (40), MM (6), CN (3)

## Summary

Berdmore's ground squirrel, Indochinese ground squirrel, or Berdmore's squirrel (Menetes berdmorei) is a ground squirrel found in Southeast Asia, from the east of Myanmar and Yunnan (southern China) to Vietnam and Cambodia.
The squirrel has a grey-brown back and a white belly. Most striking are stripes on the side - on each side one beige and below a black stripe. The head is pointy, so this squirrel resembles a mouse or a treeshrew. Its length is 20 cm (7.9 in), not including the 15 cm (5.9 in) long tail.
As a ground squirrel, it is rarely found on trees, but spends most of the time in the thick underwoods of the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berdmore%27s_ground_squirrel

## Photo

![Ardilla terrestre de Berdmore](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/indochinese-ground-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18372982

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/indochinese-ground-squirrel?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).