After the Rain
A juvenile Cambodian striped squirrel, soaked from the night's rain and dusted with banana flower residue.
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Cambodian striped squirrel
- Species
- Cambodian striped squirrel
- Tamiops rodolphii
- IUCN status
- Least Concern
- Location
- Siem Reap
A juvenile Cambodian striped squirrel who sits a few metres from my balcony of a morning. Here he is a bit soaked from the night's heavy rain and covered in banana flower residue.
Breakfast
Feeding on the torn edge of a yellowing banana leaf, its face covered in white flower residue.
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White Tufts
The white-tipped ear tufts and the dark and pale stripes along the back.
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Morning Wash
Paws to its face, shaking off the rain.
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Sources
Tamiops rodolphii (Milne-Edwards, 1867). Listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (Duckworth, 2017). Mammal Diversity Database