The maritime striped squirrel is a small squirrel with bold black stripes along its back. The traits described here are for the subspecies found in Taiwan.
Its back and sides are tawny, its belly is white, and three distinct black stripes run down its back. Its tail is long and slender rather than bushy.
It is active by day, climbing tree trunks and hanging from branches to feed on tender leaves and shoots, petals, seeds, and fruit.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.