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Definition of Striped squirrel
1. Noun. Small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches.
Generic synonyms: Squirrel
Group relationships: Genus Tamias, Tamias
Lexicographical Neighbors of Striped Squirrel
Literary usage of Striped squirrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Robert Armitage Sterndale (1884)
"... striped squirrel, but I see no reason to retain this name, as it is not peculiar
to Travancore, but was first found in Ceylon by Mr. E. Layard, ..."
2. The Nursery by Fanny P Seaverns, John L. Shorey (Firm (1869)
"SONG OF THE striped squirrel. i. I'M the merriest creature in leaf-land, My life
is so happy and free! The harlequin I of the green wood! ..."
3. Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia, Commercial, Industrial by Edward Balfour (1873)
"Striped Jungle Squirrel of Ceylon and Peninsula of India. Sciurus Layard i, Blyth.
Travancore striped squirrel, of Ceylon, ..."
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