Kinabalu squirrel

Kinabalu squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Callosciurus
Species:	C. baluensis
Binomial name
Callosciurus baluensis (Bonhote, 1901)

The Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in East Malaysia. Its name is a reference to Mount Kinabalu, though it is not restricted to this mountain. Its tail and upperparts are grizzled blackish, the underparts are reddish-orange, and the flanks have a narrow buff stripe with a broader black stripe below. ^[2]

References

1. Meijaard, E. (2016). "Callosciurus baluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T3593A22254589. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3593A22254589.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Payne, J., and C. M. Francis (1985), A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo. ISBN   967-99947-1-6

• 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.