Fraternal squirrel

The fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.

Fraternal squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Sundasciurus
Species:
S. fraterculus
Binomial name
Sundasciurus fraterculus
(Thomas, 1895)

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

  1. Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Sundasciurus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 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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