Shrew-faced squirrel

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Shrew-faced squirrel
Temporal range: Recent
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Sciuridae
Subfamily:
Callosciurinae
Tribe:
Callosciurini
Genus:
Rhinosciurus

Blyth, 1856
Species:
R. laticaudatus
Binomial name
Rhinosciurus laticaudatus
(Müller, 1840)

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The shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus), also known as the long-nosed squirrel, is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is monotypic within the genus Rhinosciurus.[2] It is found in forests in Peninsular Malaysia (possibly also in adjacent southern Thailand), Singapore, Sumatra and Borneo. This peculiar, terrestrial squirrel mainly feeds on insects and earthworms.[3] It quite closely resembles a Tupaia treeshrew in appearance, but the shrew-faced squirrel can be recognized by its shorter gape, and shorter and more bushy tail.[3]

References

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  • Thorington, R. W. Jr. and R. S. Hoffman. 2005. Family Sciuridae. pp. 754–818 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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  1. ↑ Duckworth, J. W., Meijaard, E., Lee, B. & Tizard, R. J. (2008). Rhinosciurus laticaudatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ecology Asia: Shrew-faced Ground Squirrel.
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