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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familySciuridae
  6. ›genusCallosciurus
Callosciurus baluensis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Kinabalu Squirrel

Callosciurus baluensis (Bonhote, 1901)

Also calledBajing Kinabalu (ind) · Kinabalu Dağı Alaca Sincabı (tur) · Kinabalu-Hörnchen (deu) · Kinabalu-Schönhörnchen (deu) · Kinabulu Eekhoorn (nld) · kinabalunorava (fin) · veverka kinabalská (ces) · wiewiórczak kinabalski (pol) · Кинабалуйская белка (rus) · キナバルリス (jpn)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.7 p.174

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Sometimes considered a subspecies of prevostii (see Medway, 1977: 86), but often sympatric with that species (Payne et al., 1985). Corbet and Hill (1992: 290 - 91) placed prevostii erythromelas (Temminck, 1853) in this species, with schlegeli (Gray, 1867) a synonym.

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

distribution

Distribution: Above 300 m elevation in Sabah and Sarawak, Malaysia.

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Malaysia, Sabah, Mount Kinabalu, Borneo, 1000 ft. (305 m).

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

discussion

COMMENTS: Sometimes considered a subspecies of prevostii (see Medway, 1977: 86), but often sympatric with that species (Payne et al., 1985). Corbet and Hill (1992) included prevostii erythromelas in this species, with schlegeli a synonym.

Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2437398.