Kloss's squirrel

Kloss's squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Callosciurus
Species: C. albescens
Binomial name
Callosciurus albescens
(Bonhote, 1901)
Synonyms

Callosciurus notatus albescens

Kloss's squirrel or Kloss squirrel (Callosciurus albescens) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to northern Sumatra in Indonesia. Population data is insufficient to assess its conservation status according to the IUCN. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of C. notatus.

References

  1. Meijaard, E. & van Strien, N.J (2008). "Callosciurus albescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  • 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.


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