Sculptor squirrel
| Sculptor squirrel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Glyphotes Thomas, 1898 |
| Species: | G. simus
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| Binomial name | |
| Glyphotes simus Thomas, 1898
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The sculptor squirrel or Bornean pygmy squirrel (Glyphotes simus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was described by Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas in 1898. It is monotypic within the genus Glyphotes.[2] It is endemic to Malaysia and inhabits areas elevated at 600–1,700 metres (2,000–5,600 ft).[3]
The body is 95 to 145 millimetres (3.7 to 5.7 in) long, and the tail length is approximately 100 mm. The chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, margins of the ears and dorsal surface of the digits are yellow, whereas the tip of the tail is black.[3]
References
- ^ Lunde, D.; Duckworth, J. W.; Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). "Glyphotes simus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey (2013) Glyphotes simus sculptor squirrel. The Animal Diversity Web
- ^ a b Ronald M. Nowak (7 April 1999). Walker's Mammals of the World. JHU Press. pp. 1290–. ISBN 978-0-8018-5789-8. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
Further reading
- Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 (782) 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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