Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel

Taxobox
name = Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel


status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Sciuridae
genus = "Sundasciurus"
subgenus = "Aletesciurus"
species = "S. steerii"
binomial = "Sundasciurus steerii"
binomial_authority = (Günther, 1877)
synonyms = The Southern Palawan Tree Squirrel ("Sundasciurus steerii") is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is endemic to only the country of the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Heaney, L. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21163/all Sundasciurus steerii] . [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.