Lowland long-nosed squirrel

Lowland long-nosed squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Hyosciurus
Species: H. ileile
Binomial name
Hyosciurus ileile
Tate & Archbold, 1936

The lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

References

  1. Chiozza, F. (2008). "Hyosciurus ileile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  • 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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