''Sundasciurus'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are n ...
in the family
Sciuridae
Squirrels are members of the family Sciuridae, a family that includes small or medium-size rodents. The squirrel family includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels (including chipmunks and prairie dogs, among others), and flying squirrels. Squ ...
.
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
The Bornean mountain ground squirrel (''Sundasciurus everetti'') is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. The scientific name commemorates British colonial administrator and zoological collector Alfred Hart Everett.
Distribution and habi ...
(''Sundasciurus everetti'')
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Fraternal squirrel (''Sundasciurus fraterculus'')
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Jentink's squirrel (''Sundasciurus jentinki'')
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Low's squirrel (''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 (''Sundasciurus tenuis'')
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Davao squirrel (''Sundasciurus davensis'')
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Horse-tailed squirrel (''Sundasciurus hippurus'')
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Busuanga squirrel (''Sundasciurus hoogstraali'')
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Northern Palawan tree squirrel (''Sundasciurus juvencus'')
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Mindanao squirrel (''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 (''Sundasciurus rabori'')
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Samar squirrel (''Sundasciurus samarensis'')
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Southern Palawan tree squirrel (''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
Rodent genera
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