Biology:Kinabalu squirrel

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Short description: Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Borneo

Kinabalu squirrel
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species:
C. baluensis
Binomial name
Callosciurus baluensis
(Bonhote, 1901)

The Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in East Malaysia. Its name is a reference to Mount Kinabalu, though it is not restricted to this mountain. Its tail and upperparts are grizzled blackish, the underparts are reddish-orange, and the flanks have a narrow buff stripe with a broader black stripe below.[2]

References

  1. Meijaard, E. (2016). "Callosciurus baluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T3593A22254589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3593A22254589.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3593/22254589. Retrieved 12 November 2021. 
  2. Payne, J., and C. M. Francis (1985), A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo. ISBN:967-99947-1-6
  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

Wikidata ☰ Q3727493 entry