Black-striped squirrel
| Black-striped squirrel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Callosciurus |
| Species: | C. nigrovittatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Callosciurus nigrovittatus (Horsfield, 1824) | |
| Subspecies[2] | |
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The black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found throughout Java, Sumatra, southern Thailand, the Malay Peninsula, and numerous small islands. This taxon consists of four subspecies: C. n. nigrovittatus, C. n. bilimitatus, C. n. bocki, and C. n. klossi.[2] It is listed as "Near Threatened" by the IUCN.[1]
References
- 1 2 Duckworth, J. W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). Callosciurus nigrovittatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- 1 2 Thorington, R.W., Jr.; Hoffmann, R.S. (2005). "Family Sciuridae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference (3rd ed.). The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 754–818. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608.
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