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The maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus), also known as eastern striped squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae, found in southern and eastern China (including Hainan), Taiwan, and Laos and Vietnam east of the Mekong River.

The order Rodentia include a group of mammals reffered to as rodents characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

Rodentia is from Latin for rodens 'gnawing'.

The family Sciuridae includes small or medium-sized rodents which include tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels...

Rodentia is from Latin for rodens 'gnawing'.

Sciuridae: from Latin Sciurus which is from the Ancient Greek word σκίουρος (skiouros; from σκιᾱ́ ('shade') and οὐρᾱ́ ('tail')),referring to the long bushy tail which many of its members have.

The word squirrel comes from the Anglo-Norman esquirel which is from the Old French escureil, the reflex of a Latin word sciurus.

Tamiops is a genus of squirrels which are known as Asiatic striped squirrel, or striped arboreal squirrels from Asia.