Père David's rock squirrel is a diurnal squirrel of rocky habitats in China. Pale eye-rings are distinctive, and it burrows under rocks and stores seeds.
The coat is brown to olive gray with a pale underside. Pale eye-rings and dark cheek patches are distinctive.
It is active by day and digs burrows under rocks for shelter and seed storage. It scatters stored seeds among different places.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.