Latitudinal range: 23.4° to 36.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (4)

Found in 7 samples

China: Shennongjia National Nature Reserve, Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Foping National Nature Reserve (2012), Foping National Nature Reserve (2013), Foping National Nature Reserve (2020), Wuyun Cave (Middle Pleistocene), Shengou (CD 0227) (Late Miocene)

See also Sciurotamias davidianus, Sciurotamias pusillus, Sciurotamias sp.