Tufted pygmy squirrel
| Tufted pygmy squirrel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Exilisciurus |
| Species: | E. whiteheadi |
| Binomial name | |
| Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas, 1887) | |
The tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in Borneo. The common name of this tiny squirrel refers to its distinctive ear-tufts.
Its diet consists mainly of the lichens and mosses which cover the trees it inhabits.
References
- ↑ Duckworth, J. W., Meijaard, E., Giman, B. & Han, K. H. (2008). Exilisciurus whiteheadi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 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.
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