Sundasciurus tenuis

(Horsfield, 1824)

Slender Squirrel

Sundasciurus tenuis modestus.
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Location:Indonesia, Jaambi province, Kerinci Seblat National ParkDate taken:Sep 15, 2024

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Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciuromorpha
Family : Sciuridae
Subfamily : Nannosciurinae
Tribe : Nannosciurini
Genus : Sundasciurus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Horsfield, T. 1824-01. No. VII. Sciurus Plantani. Lutra leptonyx. Semnopithecus Pyrrhus. Rhinolophus nobilis. Brachypterix montana. Ardea speciosa. Muscicapa Banyumas. M. hirundinacea. Cuculus lugubris. in Horsfield, T. 1824. Zoological Researches in Java, and the Neighbouring Islands. Kingsbury, Parbury, & Allen, London, not continuously paginated pp.

Original name as described

Sciurus tenuis

Type locality

Singapore.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Indonesia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

previously included S. altitudinis and S. tahan

Taxonomy notes citation

Tex, R.-J. den, Thorington, R.W., Jr., Maldonado, J.E. and Leonard, 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(2):711-720. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.12.023

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 38 names and synonyms.

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