Biology:Mentawai squirrel
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Short description: Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Indonesia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Callosciurus |
| Species: | C. melanogaster
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| Callosciurus melanogaster (Thomas, 1895)
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The Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of 20 or so species endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. There are three subspecies: C. m. melanogaster, C. m. mentawi, and C. m. atratus.[2] This small isolated population is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN due to habitat loss.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lee, B. (2016). "Callosciurus melanogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T3598A22254282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T3598A22254282.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/3598/22254282. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608. https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=12400001.
Wikidata ☰ Q3727354 entry
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