Sumatran mountain squirrel

Sumatran mountain squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Genus:	Sundasciurus
Species:	S. altitudinis
Binomial name
	Sundasciurus altitudinis; (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)

The Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae.¹ Its skull reaches sizes between 41–43 mm (1.6–1.7 in), overlapping with that of the Palawan montane squirrel.² It was originally described as a subspecies of Sundasciurus tenuis.³

References

"Sumatran Mountain Squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
Pskhun (2020-07-12). "Species New to Science: [Mammalogy • 2020] Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels (Genus Sundasciurus)". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-12-30.
Robinson, Herbert C.; Kloss, C. Boden (July 1916). "Preliminary Diagnoses of some New Species and Subspecies of Mammals and Birds Obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.-June 1914". Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (73): 269–270. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[1] "Sumatran Mountain Squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-30.

[2] Pskhun (2020-07-12). "Species New to Science: [Mammalogy • 2020] Ancient Divergence Driven by Geographic Isolation and Ecological Adaptation in Forest Dependent Sundaland Tree Squirrels (Genus Sundasciurus)". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2023-12-30.

[3] Robinson, Herbert C.; Kloss, C. Boden (July 1916). "Preliminary Diagnoses of some New Species and Subspecies of Mammals and Birds Obtained in Korinchi, West Sumatra, Feb.-June 1914". Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (73): 269–270. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

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