Fraternal squirrel
| Fraternal squirrel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sundasciurus |
| Subgenus: | Sundasciurus |
| Species: | S. fraterculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sundasciurus fraterculus (Thomas, 1895) | |
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
- ↑ Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Sundasciurus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 8 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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