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Tufted Pygmy Squirrel

Exilisciurus whiteheadi (Thomas 1887)

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Tufted pygmy squirrel

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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. ^ Meijaard, E. (2016). "Exilisciurus whiteheadi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8438A22244851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8438A22244851.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  • 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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Tufted pygmy squirrel: Brief Summary

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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.

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