Ear-spot squirrel
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Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Borneo
| Ear-spot squirrel | |
|---|---|
| from Kinabalu National Park | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Callosciurus |
| Species: | C. adamsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Callosciurus adamsi (Kloss, 1921)
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The ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia) and is diurnal and active mainly in small trees. It closely resembles the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), but is smaller and with a distinct pale buffy patch behind each ear.[citation needed ]
References
[edit ]- ^ Kennerley, R.; Meijaard, E. (2016). "Callosciurus adamsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T3591A22254804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3591A22254804.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- 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.
