Low's squirrel

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Low's squirrel
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Species:
S. lowii
Binomial name
Sundasciurus lowii
(Thomas, 1892)
Subspecies[2]
  • S. l. lowii
  • S. l. bangueyae
  • S. l. lingungensis

Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Borneo and nearby islets (Indonesia and Malaysia). Its former subspecies S. l. robinsoni from Sumatra and Malay Peninsula and S. l. natunensis from the Natuna islands have recently been given species status[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Duckworth, J. W.; Meijaard, E. & Han, K. H. (2008). "Sundasciurus lowii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  2. ^ Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.
  3. ^ Hinckley, A., Hawkins, M. T., Achmadi, A. S., Maldonado, J. E., & Leonard, J. A. (2020). Ancient divergence driven by geographic isolation and ecological adaptation in forest dependent sundaland tree squirrels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208


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