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Sumatran mountain squirrel

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Sumatran mountain squirrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Species:
S. altitudinis
Binomial name
Sundasciurus altitudinis
(Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

The Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.[1] Its skull reaches sizes between 41–43 mm (1.6–1.7 in), overlapping with that of the Palawan montane squirrel.[2] It was originally described as a subspecies of Sundasciurus tenuis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Sumatran Mountain Squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  2. ^ Pskhun (2020-07-12). "Species New to Science: [Mammalogy • 2020] Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels (Genus Sundasciurus)". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
  3. ^ Robinson, Herbert C.; Kloss, C. Boden (July 1916). "Preliminary Diagnoses of some New Species and Subspecies of Mammals and Birds Obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.-June 1914". Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (73): 269–270. Retrieved 1 March 2024.