Fraternal squirrel
Fraternal squirrel | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sundasciurus |
Species: | S. fraterculus
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Binomial name | |
Sundasciurus fraterculus (Thomas, 1895)
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The fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
It is endemic to Indonesia, found only in the Mentawai Archipelago (Siberut, Sipora, North and South Pagai islands), located off the west coast of Sumatra.
References[]
- ^ Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Sundasciurus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
- 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 vulnerable species
- Sundasciurus
- Endemic fauna of Indonesia
- Rodents of Indonesia
- Vulnerable fauna of Asia
- Mentawai Islands Regency
- Mammals described in 1895
- Squirrel stubs