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Sculptor squirrel

Conservation status


Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Callosciurinae
Genus: Glyphotes
Thomas, 1898
Species:
G. simus
Binomial name
Glyphotes simus

Thomas, 1898

The sculptor squirrelorBornean 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 northern BorneoinSabah and Sarawak (Malaysia) and inhabits areas elevated at 285–1,800 metres (935–5,906 ft).[1]

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[edit]

  1. ^ a b Gerrie, R.; Kennerley, R.; Koprowski, J. (2016). "Glyphotes simus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T9283A22255329. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T9283A22255329.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  • ^ 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
  • ^ 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.
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