Sundasciurus jentinki (Thomas, 1887)
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Diego |
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Sundasciurus jentinki |
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Jentink’s Squirrel
Sundasciurus jentinki View in CoL
French: Ecureuil de Jentink / German: Jentink-Hornchen / Spanish: Ardila de Jentink
Taxonomy. Sciurus jentinki Thomas, 1887 ,
“Mount Kina-Balu,”
(Sabah, Malaysia).
This species is monotypic.
Distribution. N & C Borneo Mts.
Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 130 mm (males) and 126 mm (females), tail mean 125 mm (males) and 112 mm (females); weight mean 60 g (males) and 55 g (females). Dorsum ofJentink’s Squirrel is pale specked brownish or creamy white, and underfur is gray. Tail is thin and has a banded dark and pale look, due to the reddish, black, and white hair bands. There is a creamy white mustache on face. Eye rings and borders of ears are also creamy white.
Habitat. Montane forests.
Food and Feeding. Jentink’s Squirrel is often observed following mixed species bird flocks to consume insects that they flush.
Breeding. There is no information available for this species.
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Jentink’s Squirrelis diurnal and uses mostly crowns of small trees.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Jentink’s Squirrel occurs in areas above where major forest conversion in Borneo takes place, and it occurs in several protected areas acrossits range. It is threatened by small-scale agriculture for strawberries and potatoes.
Bibliography. Duckworth & Meijaard (2008c), Medway (1977), Thorington et al. (2012).
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