Red-bellied squirrel

Not to be confused with Red-bellied tree squirrel or Mexican gray squirrel.

The red-bellied squirrel or Sulawesi giant squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer) is a species of squirrel. Until recently, it was described as a species in the genus Callosciurus, but since the 1990s it is generally placed in its own genus Rubrisciurus. It is endemic on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, where it is widespread. It has also been found on Sangir Island to the north of Sulawesi. With a length of 25 cm (head and body), it is rather large for a squirrel. It lives in the tree tops of the rainforests of the island.^{[citation needed]}

Red-bellied squirrel
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Subfamily:	Callosciurinae
Genus:	Rubrisciurus Ellerman, 1954
Species:	R. rubriventer
Binomial name
Rubrisciurus rubriventer (S. Müller & Schlegel, 1844)

Location of Sulawesi (Celebes), Indonesia