Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel

Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sundasciurus
Subgenus:	Aletesciurus
Species:	S. juvencus
Binomial name
Sundasciurus juvencus (Thomas, 1908)

The Northern Palawan Tree Squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus) is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

1. ^ Ong, P., Tabaranza, B., Rosell-Ambal, G. & Balete, D. (2008). Sundasciurus juvencus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 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.