Fraternal squirrel
Appearance
Fraternal squirrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Genus: | Sundasciurus |
Species: | S. fraterculus
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Binomial name | |
Sundasciurus fraterculus (Thomas, 1895)
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The fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Indonesia, found only in the Mentawai Archipelago (Siberut, Sipora, North and South Pagai islands), located off the west coast of Sumatra.
References
[edit]- ^ Clayton, E.; Kennerley, R. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Sundasciurus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T21154A115160836. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T21154A22250341.en. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- Thorington, R.W. Jr; Hoffman, 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.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.