Samar Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Samar Squirrel


status = VU | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Sundasciurus"
subgenus = "Aletesciurus"
species = "S. samarensis"
binomial = "Sundasciurus samarensis"
binomial_authority = (Steere, 1890)
synonyms = The Samar Squirrel ("Sundasciurus samarensis") 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

* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21162/all Sundasciurus samarensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
*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.