Bornean mountain ground squirrel

The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.

Bornean mountain ground squirrel

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Dremomys
Species:
D. everetti
Binomial name
Dremomys everetti
(Thomas, 1890)

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

References
  1. Lunde, D.; Duckworth, J. W.; Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). "Dremomys everetti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • 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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