''Sundasciurus'' is a genus of
rodent in the family
Sciuridae.
It contains 20 species:
*Genus ''Sundasciurus''
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Sumatran mountain squirrel (''Sundasciurus altitudinis'')
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Brooke's squirrel (''Sundasciurus brookei'')
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Bornean mountain ground squirrel (''Sundasciurus everetti'')
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Fraternal squirrel (''Sundasciurus fraterculus'')
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Jentink's squirrel
Jentink's squirrel (''Sundasciurus jentinki'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is named in honor of the Dutch zoologist Fredericus Anna Jentink. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropic ...
(''Sundasciurus jentinki'')
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Low's squirrel
Low's squirrel (''Sundasciurus lowii'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found in Borneo and nearby islets (Indonesia and Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional ...
(''Sundasciurus lowii'')
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Natuna squirrel (''Sundasciurus natunensis'')
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Robinson's squirrel (''Sundasciurus robinsoni'')
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Upland squirrel (''Sundasciurus tahan'')
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Slender squirrel
The slender squirrel (''Sundasciurus tenuis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is arboreal and found in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kin ...
(''Sundasciurus tenuis'')
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Davao squirrel
The Davao squirrel (''Sundasciurus davensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng ...
(''Sundasciurus davensis'')
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Horse-tailed squirrel
The horse-tailed squirrel (''Sundasciurus hippurus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is found throughout the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, as well as the southern half of the Malay Peninsula, which includes the entire natio ...
(''Sundasciurus hippurus'')
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Busuanga squirrel
The Busuanga squirrel (''Sundasciurus hoogstraali'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republi ...
(''Sundasciurus hoogstraali'')
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Northern Palawan tree squirrel (''Sundasciurus juvencus'')
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Mindanao squirrel
The Mindanao squirrel (''Sundasciurus mindanensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republi ...
(''Sundasciurus mindanensis'')
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Culion tree squirrel (''Sundasciurus moellendorffi'')
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Philippine tree squirrel
The Philippine tree squirrel (''Sundasciurus philippinensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae which is endemic to the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( ...
(''Sundasciurus philippinensis'')
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Palawan montane squirrel
The Palawan montane squirrel (''Sundasciurus rabori'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by t ...
(''Sundasciurus rabori'')
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Samar squirrel
The Samar squirrel (''Sundasciurus samarensis'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was historically known as ''lalagsing''. It is endemic to the Philippines, where it has been recorded from Samar and Leyte Islands. Its natu ...
(''Sundasciurus samarensis'')
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Southern Palawan tree squirrel
The Southern Palawan tree squirrel (''Sundasciurus steerii'') (local name "bising") is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forest
A forest is an ...
(''Sundasciurus steerii'')
References
* den Tex, R.-J., Thorington, R., Maldonado, J.E., Leondard, J.A. 2010. Speciation dynamics in the SE Asian tropics: Putting a time perspective on the phylogeny and biogeography of Sundaland tree squirrels, Sundasciurus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 55: 711–720.
*Hawkins, M.T.R., Helgen, K.M., Maldonado, J.E., Rockwood, L.L., Tsuchiya, M.T.N., Leonard, J.A. 2016. Phylogeny, biogeography and systematic revision of plain long-nosed squirrels (genus Dremomys, Nannosciurinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 752–764.
*Hinckley, A., Hawkins, M. T., Achmadi, A. S., Maldonado, J. E., & Leonard, J. A. (2020). Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8, 208.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.00208/full
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