Ear-spot squirrel
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| Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) from Kinabalu National Park | |
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| Species: | C. adamsi
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| 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. Clossely resembles the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), but smaller and with a distinct pale buffy patch behind each ear.
References
- 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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