Sculptor squirrel
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The sculptor squirrel or Bornean pygmy squirrel (''Glyphotes simus'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It was described by
Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas Michael Rogers Oldfield Thomas (21 February 1858 – 16 June 1929) was a British zoologist. Career Thomas worked at the Natural History Museum on mammals, describing about 2,000 new species and subspecies for the first time. He was appoin ...
in 1898. It is monotypic within the genus ''Glyphotes''. It is endemic to Malaysia and inhabits areas elevated at . The body is long, and the tail length is approximately 100 mm. The chest, undersurface, sides of the nose, margins of the ears and dorsal surface of the digits are yellow, whereas the tip of the tail is black.


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Further reading

*Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005
Family Sciuridae
pp. 754–818 (782) ''in'' Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. Mammals described in 1898 Endemic fauna of Malaysia Rodents of Malaysia Callosciurinae Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Squirrel-stub