Sundasciurus davensis (Sanborn, 1952)

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

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6818698

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scientific name

Sundasciurus davensis
status

 

46. View Plate 44: Sciuridae

Davao Squirrel

Sundasciurus davensis View in CoL

French: Ecureuil du Davao / German: Davao-Hérnchen / Spanish: Ardilla de Davao

Taxonomy. Callosciurus davensis Sanborn, 1952 ,

“Madaum, 25 feet [8 m] altitude, Tagum Municipality, Davao Province, Mindanao Island, Philippines Islands.”

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. SE Philippines, known only from the type locality in the Davao del Norte Province, Mindanao.

Descriptive notes. Head-body mean 198 mm, tail mean 182 mm (males). No specific data are available for body weight. The Davao Squirrel has buffy colored cheeks and a mid-dorsal stripe extending from nose to base of tail. The stripe darkens gradually toward base of tail, and hairs ofstripe have a black base and russet tip. Venter is apricot-buff and sides are clearly marked off from darker dorsal fur and lighter ventral fur. Median portion of tail is russet, bordered by black and with an outer border of white, and ventral surface oftail is less russet.

Habitat. Primary and secondary lowland forest.

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 the Davao Squirrel is diurnal.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Abundance and population size of the Davao Squirrel are not known, and there are no conservation measures in place.

Bibliography. Chiozza (2008b), Thorington et al. (2012).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Sciuridae

Genus

Sundasciurus

Loc

Sundasciurus davensis

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier 2016
2016
Loc

Callosciurus davensis

Sanborn 1952
1952
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