Sundasciurus brookei (Thomas, 1892)

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Sciuridae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 648-837 : 728

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6840226

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6818702

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Sundasciurus brookei
status

 

49. View Plate 44: Sciuridae

Brooke's Squirrel

Sundasciurus brookei View in CoL

French: Ecureuil de Brooke / German: Brooke-Hérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla de Brooke

Taxonomy. Sciurus brooke: Thomas, 1892 ,

“Mount Dulit, N. Borneo”

(Sarawak, Ma- laysia).

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. N, C & W Borneo Mts.

Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 154 mm (males) and 152 mm (females), tail mean 112 mm (males) and 122 mm (females); weight mean 124 g (males) and 132-5 g (females). Dorsum of Brooke's Squirrel is speckled brown and venter is gray with an orange patch between hindlegs. Tips of ventral hair are whitish. Tail is barred.

Habitat. Tall forests on hill ranges at elevations of ¢.600-1500 m.

Food and Feeding. There is no information available for this species.

Breeding. There is no information available for this species.

Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Brooke's Squirrel is diurnal and arboreal.

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. Brooke's Squirrel has relatively a large and stable population in Kinabalu Park. It is probably naturally rare, and as a hill speciesit is not heavily affected by the extensive lowland forest conversions in Borneo.

Bibliography. Lunde & Aplin (2008b), Medway (1977), Payne (1980), Thorington et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Sundasciurus

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