Sciurotamias davidianus
Silhouette: Joseph Smit · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Père David's rock squirrel (Sciurotamias davidianus), also known as the Chinese rock squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to China, where it is found widely in rocky habitats in the eastern and central parts of the country. This largely terrestrial squirrel is overall dull olive-grey with paler underparts, a distinct pale eye-ring and a dark patch on the cheeks. It has sometimes been confused with the rather different –but in colour very variable– Pallas's squirrel; an introduced population in Belgium was first mistakenly identified as Père David's rock squirrel. Wikipedia →
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China · 2024
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China · 2025
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China · 2026
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiuzhaigou National Park | 🇨🇳 China |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing | 🇨🇳 China |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tierpark Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 2 | Pyrénées Animal Park | 🇫🇷 France |
No species of the same family or order lives in Jiuzhaigou National Park, so these are its closest relatives here: other mammals.
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Père David's Rock Squirrel sighting in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February
In that month about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Père David's Rock Squirrel in Jiuzhaigou National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April, July–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of Jiuzhaigou National Park's driest months, with about 25 mm of rain against 180 mm in July. March has too few records to rate.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Père David's Rock Squirrel sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Jiuzhaigou National Park, in our data
Jiuzhaigou National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Père David's Rock Squirrel sightings: about 40% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Père David's Rock Squirrel is recorded against all the mammals logged in Jiuzhaigou National Park (10 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
