Tufted pygmy squirrel

Tufted pygmy squirrel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Genus: Exilisciurus
Species: E. whiteheadi
Binomial name
Exilisciurus whiteheadi
(Thomas, 1887)

The tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in Borneo. The common name of this tiny squirrel refers to its distinctive ear-tufts.

Its diet consists mainly of the lichens and mosses which cover the trees it inhabits.

References

  1. Duckworth, J. W.; Meijaard, E.; Giman, B. & Han, K. H. (2008). "Exilisciurus whiteheadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 6 January 2009.


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