- Slender Squirrel
Taxobox
name = Slender Squirrel
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Sciuridae
genus = "Sundasciurus "
subgenus = "Sundasciurus"
species = "S. tenuis"
binomial = "Sundasciurus tenuis"
binomial_authority = (Horsfield, 1824)
synonyms = The Slender Squirrel ("Sundasciurus tenuis") is a species ofrodent in theSciuridae family. It is arboreal and found inIndonesia ,Singapore ,Malaysia , andThailand . The body is brown on the upper parts and light grey on the underparts. The body measures about 13-16 cm, with a slightly shorter slender tail. It feeds on soft bark, fruits and insects.References
* Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/21164/all Sundasciurus tenuis] . [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.
* [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/mammals/slender_squirrel.htm Ecology Asia photos and description]
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