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Was at Dusit Zoo in October, this was not an exhibit so can anyone identify the species?
Was at Dusit Zoo in October, this was not an exhibit so can anyone identify the species?
 
I'm tempted to say red-bellied (Pallas') squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus) due to the combination of red belly and greyish upperparts. I'm not sure what the white eye-ring is about though. Bangkok is out of range for them, but there's a big trade in pet squirrels in Thailand.

It may otherwise be a Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii), which is an extremely variable species, but I haven't seen any that look like that one I don't think.

I think those are the only two options really?
 
plantain squirrels have obvious black and white side-stripes separating the upper body colouration from the red belly
 
this is indeed a red-bellied (Pallas') squirrel. I've never seen one with the white eye-ring before, but I was just at the zoo and these guys are everywhere. I only saw a couple of variable squirrels though. There are lots of red-bellied squirrels sold at Chatuchak market as pets, so I imagine that is where they started out from.
 

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