Low's squirrel

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Low's squirrel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Species:
S. lowii
Binomial name
Sundasciurus lowii
(Thomas, 1892)
Subspecies [2]
  • S. l. lowii
  • S. l. bangueyae
  • S. l. lingungensis
Range Sundasciurus lowii.png

Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Borneo and nearby islets (Indonesia and Malaysia). Its former subspecies S. l. robinsoni from Sumatra and Malay Peninsula and S. l. natunensis from the Natuna islands have recently been given species status [3]

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References

  1. Meijaard, E. (2016). "Sundasciurus lowii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T21158A22249977. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T21158A22249977.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Thorington, R.W. Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN   0-8018-8221-4. OCLC   26158608.
  3. Hinckley, A., Hawkins, M. T., Achmadi, A. S., Maldonado, J. E., & Leonard, J. A. (2020). Ancient divergence driven by geographic isolation and ecological adaptation in forest dependent sundaland tree squirrels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 208. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208