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title: "Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel"
description: "Tamiops swinhoei — Ssaki. Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) is a small species of rodent in the family Sciuridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/swinhoe-s-striped-squirrel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel

> Tamiops swinhoei — Ssaki. Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) is a small species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

- Scientific name: *Tamiops swinhoei*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 631
- Wikidata: [Q3729909](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3729909)
- iNaturalist taxon: [46167](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/46167)

## Names

- en: Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel
- de: Chinesisches Baumstreifenhörnchen
- es: Ardilla rayada de Swinhoe
- fr: Écureuil de Swinhoe
- nl: Chinese gestreepte boomeekhoorn

## Countries with the most observations

CN (482)

## Summary

Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei) is a small species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. This species is found mostly in China and Southeast Asia. Their diet consists of mostly seeds, fruits, nuts and ginger nectar. Like most squirrels they live in forest areas with mountains, usually in groups. They have litters that average in size of 3.25 offspring.

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

## Photo

![Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/swinhoe-s-striped-squirrel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6101432

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/swinhoe-s-striped-squirrel?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).