Mentawai squirrel

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Mentawai squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Sciuridae
Genus:
Callosciurus
Species:
C. melanogaster
Binomial name
Callosciurus melanogaster
(Thomas, 1895)
Subspecies[2]
  • C. m. melanogaster
  • C. m. atratus
  • C. m. mentawi

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The Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is one of 20 or so species endemic to the Mentawai Islands off the west coast of Sumatra. There are three subspecies: C. m. melanogaster, C. m. mentawi, and C. m. atratus.[2] This small isolated population is listed as "Vulnerable" by the IUCN due to habitat loss.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lunde, D., Duckworth, J. W., Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). Callosciurus melanogaster. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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