Fraternal squirrel
The fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.
| Fraternal squirrel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Genus: | Sundasciurus |
| Species: | S. fraterculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sundasciurus fraterculus (Thomas, 1895) | |
It is endemic to Indonesia, found only in the Mentawai Archipelago (Siberut, Sipora, North and South Pagai islands), located off the west coast of Sumatra.
References
- Helgen, K. & Aplin, K. (2008). "Sundasciurus fraterculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 8 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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