Montane long-nosed squirrel
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| Species: | H. heinrichi
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| Hyosciurus heinrichi | |
The montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It was discovered during a 1930 expedition led by Gerd Heinrich.[2]
References
- ^ Template:IUCN2008
- ^ Bernd Heinrich, The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (2007), p. 92. ISBN 978-0-06-074215-7
- 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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