Ear-spot squirrel
| Ear-spot squirrel | |
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| from Kinabalu National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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). Diurnal and active mainly in small trees. Closely resembles the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), but smaller and with a distinct pale buffy patch behind each ear.
References
- ^ Duckworth, J. W.; Meijaard, E. (2008). "Callosciurus adamsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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- 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.
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