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Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Borneo

Ear-spot squirrel
from Kinabalu National Park
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species: C. adamsi
Binomial name
Callosciurus adamsi
(Kloss, 1921)

The ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Borneo (Indonesia and Malaysia) and is diurnal and active mainly in small trees. It closely resembles the plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus), but is smaller and with a distinct pale buffy patch behind each ear.

References

  1. Kennerley, R.; Meijaard, E. (2016). "Callosciurus adamsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3591A22254804. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3591A22254804.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  • 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.
Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)
Callosciurus
Dremomys
(Red-cheeked squirrels)
Exilisciurus
Funambulus
Glyphotes
Hyosciurus
Lariscus
(striped ground squirrels)
Menetes
Nannosciurus
Prosciurillus
Rhinosciurus
Rubrisciurus
Sundasciurus
Tamiops
(Asiatic striped squirrels)
Category
Taxon identifiers
Callosciurus adamsi


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