Culion tree squirrel
Culion tree squirrel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sundasciurus |
Species: | S. moellendorffi
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Binomial name | |
Sundasciurus moellendorffi (Matschie, 1898)
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The Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ Balete, D.S.; Duya, M.R.; Heaney, L. (2019). "Sundasciurus moellendorffi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T21159A22250089. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T21159A22250089.en. Retrieved 17 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.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Sundasciurus
- Rodents of the Philippines
- Mammals described in 1898
- Endemic fauna of the Philippines
- Fauna of the Calamian Islands
- Squirrel stubs