The orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel lives in forests around the Himalayas and uses both trees and the ground. Its underside varies among subspecies.
The underside ranges from orange to reddish brown, with coat colors varying among subspecies.
It is active by day, foraging in trees and also descending to the ground. Its foods include fruits and seeds.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
From May 2009 to April 2010, researchers conducted 52 weekly morning surveys at Tuensang market in Nagaland. They recorded 129 orange-bellied Himalayan squirrels.