Sundasciurus lowii
(O. Thomas, 1892)
Low's Squirrel
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Sciuromorpha |
| Family | : Sciuridae |
| Subfamily | : Callosciurinae |
| Tribe | : Callosciurini |
| Genus | : Sundasciurus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1892-03-01. On some new Mammalia from the East-Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)9(51):250-254.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19268479Original name as described
Sciurus Lowii
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1876.5.2.14
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/61b046d9-3f44-4563-8884-105d53eaffcaType locality
"Lumbidan, on the mainland opposite Labuan," (Sarawak, Malaysia).
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei
Taxonomy notes
previously included S. natunensis and S. robinsoni
Taxonomy notes citation
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.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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