Kinabalu squirrel

Species of "beautiful" squirrel from Borneo

Kinabalu squirrel

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Order:  | Rodentia
Family:  | Sciuridae
Genus:  | Callosciurus
Species:  |

C. baluensis

Binomial name
Callosciurus baluensis

(Bonhote, 1901)

The Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis) is a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae. It is endemic to highland forest in East Malaysia. Its name is a reference to Mount Kinabalu, though it is not restricted to this mountain. Its tail and upperparts are grizzled blackish, the underparts are reddish-orange, and the flanks have a narrow buff stripe with a broader black stripe below.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Meijaard, E. (2016). "Callosciurus baluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T3593A22254589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T3593A22254589.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ^ Payne, J., and C. M. Francis (1985), A Field Guide to the Mammals of Borneo. ISBN 967-99947-1-6

* 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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Extant species of family Sciuridae (subfamily Callosciurinae)

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Mammalia
* Order: Rodentia
* Suborder: Sciuromorpha

Callosciurus|

* Ear-spot squirrel (Callosciurus adamsi)
* Kloss's squirrel (Callosciurus albescens)
* Kinabalu squirrel (Callosciurus baluensis)
* Grey-bellied squirrel (Callosciurus caniceps)
* Pallas's squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)
* Finlayson's squirrel (Callosciurus finlaysonii)
* Hon Khoai squirrel (Callosciurus honkhoaiensis)
* Inornate squirrel (Callosciurus inornatus)
* Mentawai squirrel (Callosciurus melanogaster)
* Black-striped squirrel (Callosciurus nigrovittatus)
* Plantain squirrel (Callosciurus notatus)
* Borneo black-banded squirrel (Callosciurus orestes)
* Phayre's squirrel (Callosciurus phayrei)
* Prevost's squirrel (Callosciurus prevostii)
* Irrawaddy squirrel (Callosciurus pygerythrus)
* Anderson's squirrel (Callosciurus quinquestriatus)

Dremomys
(Red-cheeked squirrels)|

* Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Dremomys everetti)
* Red-throated squirrel (Dremomys gularis)
* Orange-bellied Himalayan squirrel (Dremomys lokriah)
* Perny's long-nosed squirrel (Dremomys pernyi)
* Red-hipped squirrel (Dremomys pyrrhomerus)
* Asian red-cheeked squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)

Exilisciurus|

* Philippine pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus concinnus)
* Least pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus exilis)
* Tufted pygmy squirrel (Exilisciurus whiteheadi)

Funambulus|

* Subgenus Funambulus: Layard's palm squirrel (Funambulus layardi)
* Dusky palm squirrel (Funambulus obscurus)
* Indian palm squirrel (Funambulus palmarum)
* Nilgiri palm squirrel (Funambulus sublineatus)
* Jungle palm squirrel (Funambulus tristriatus)

* Subgenus Prasadsciurus: Northern palm squirrel (Funambulus pennantii)

Glyphotes|

* Sculptor squirrel (Glyphotes simus)

Hyosciurus|

* Montane long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus heinrichi)
* Lowland long-nosed squirrel (Hyosciurus ileile)

Lariscus
(striped ground squirrels)|

* Four-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus hosei)
* Three-striped ground squirrel (Lariscus insignis)
* Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe)
* Mentawai three-striped squirrel (Lariscus obscurus)

Menetes|

* Berdmore's ground squirrel (Menetes berdmorei)

Nannosciurus|

* Black-eared squirrel (Nannosciurus melanotis)

Prosciurillus|

* Secretive dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus abstrusus)
* Alston's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus alstoni)
* Whitish dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus leucomus)
* Celebes dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus murinus)
* Sanghir squirrel (Prosciurillus rosenbergii)
* Roux's Sulawesi dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus topapuensis)
* Weber's dwarf squirrel (Prosciurillus weberi)

Rhinosciurus|

* Shrew-faced squirrel (Rhinosciurus laticaudatus)

Rubrisciurus|

* Red-bellied squirrel (Rubrisciurus rubriventer)

Sundasciurus|

* Subgenus Aletesciurus: Davao squirrel (Sundasciurus davensis)
* Bornean mountain ground squirrel (Sundasciurus everetti)
* Horse-tailed squirrel (Sundasciurus hippurus)
* Northern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus juvencus)
* Mindanao squirrel (Sundasciurus mindanensis)
* Culion tree squirrel (Sundasciurus moellendorffi)
* Philippine tree squirrel (Sundasciurus philippinensis)
* Palawan montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori)
* Samar squirrel (Sundasciurus samarensis)
* Southern Palawan tree squirrel (Sundasciurus steerii)

* Subgenus Sundasciurus: Brooke's squirrel (Sundasciurus brookei)
* Fraternal squirrel (Sundasciurus fraterculus)
* Jentink's squirrel (Sundasciurus jentinki)
* Low's squirrel (Sundasciurus lowii)
* Natuna squirrel (Sundasciurus natunensis)
* Robinson's squirrel (Sundasciurus robinsoni)
* Upland squirrel (Sundasciurus tahan)
* Slender squirrel (Sundasciurus tenuis)

* Subgenus incertae sedis:
* Sumatran mountain squirrel (Sundasciurus altitudinis)

Tamiops
(Asiatic striped squirrels)|

* Himalayan striped squirrel (Tamiops mcclellandii)
* Maritime striped squirrel (Tamiops maritimus)
* Cambodian striped squirrel (Tamiops rodolphii)
* Swinhoe's striped squirrel (Tamiops swinhoei)

Category

Taxon identifiers

Callosciurus baluensis|

* Wikidata: Q3727493
* Wikispecies: Callosciurus baluensis
* CoL: PW5T
* EoL: 313036
* GBIF: 2437398
* iNaturalist: 45951
* IRMNG: 10605139
* ITIS: 632327
* IUCN: 3593
* MDD: 1001536
* MSW: 12400449
* NCBI: 1684325
* Observation.org: 82204
* Open Tree of Life: 3609166
* Xeno-canto: Callosciurus-baluensis

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