| Philippine tree squirrel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sundasciurus |
| Species: | S. philippinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sundasciurus philippinensis (Waterhouse, 1839) | |
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