They are small striped arboreal squirrels from Asia.

Their head to body length measured from 10 to 13 cm.

In contrast to these other squirrels, they have smaller rounded ears with white-tipped hairs.

A black longitudinal stripe is present in the middle of the back, which is parallel on both sides with two pairs of pale longitudinal stripes.

For example, in some species, the stripe of the cheek interrupts in the shoulder region and does not continue to the outermost pale stripe.